The Polytechnical Society

The main target group for the Technical Society was artists and craftsmen. Thaulow wanted to stimulate the intellectual and practical development of craftsmen and artists in Christiania by exposing them to the natural sciences. He also lectured on the use of chemistry in agriculture and published a book on the subject, inspired by Liebig. The society quickly became popular and attracted 300 members (in a city with a population at that time of 29 000). 

During a meeting in 1852 in the Technical Society, Rosing discussed the idea of creating a Polytechnical Society with some of the other members. The idea was to create a society with a broader scope that should enhance the position of the 

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NOR WA Y A Group of Chemists in the Polytechnic Society in Christiania. The Norwegian Chemical Society, 1893-1916... 

Teknisk ukeblad contained from the start in 1854 many articles that can be listed as chemical, and many of them were written by Rosing. That continued after the Group of Chemists in the Polytechnical Society was founded in 1893. A special journal for chemical issues was discussed, and first realized in 1904 when Eivind Koren founded Pharmacia (Pharmacy), a journal for pharmacy and chemistry. The name of the journal changed many times. In the coming years the journal published reports from meetings in NKS and articles written by members of NKS. When Koren died in 1920 the responsibility for publishing the journal was transferred to the Polytechnical Society and the name was... 

The Norwegian Chemical Society first acquired its name in 1916 at the end of the time period to be covered in this book. Before that it was a Group of Chemists within the Polytechnical Society. The section was founded in 1893,... 

Mary Cunningham82 was born in Stamford Hill, London, in 1882. She completed a B.Sc. in 1907 and an M.Sc. in 1916 from UCL. In addition to becoming one of the first women members of the Chemical Society, she was also a member of the Society for Chemical Industry and of the Society of Dyers and Colourists. She had seven publications during the period 1908-1910 from the Borough Polytechnic Institute, London. Then, in 1918, she was sole author of two publications from the Chemistry Research Laboratories of the University of St. Andrews, from where she received a D.Sc. In 1920, Cunningham was appointed as a Research Chemist with the Fine Cotton Spinners and Doublers Association, Manchester. 

EILEEN M. SKELLY FRAME is Clinical Assistant Professor and Visiting Research Professor, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York. Dr. Skelly Frame has extensive practical experience in the use of instrumental analysis to characterize a wide variety of substances, from biological samples and cosmetics to high temperature superconductors, polymers, metals, and alloys. Her industrial career includes supervisory roles at GE Corporate Research and Development, Stauffer Chemical Corporate R D, and the Research Triangle Institute. She is a member of the American Chemical Society, the Society for Applied Spectroscopy, and the American Society for Testing and Materials. Dr. Skelly Frame received the B.S. degree in chemistry from Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and the Ph.D. in analytical chemistry from Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge. 

George Ira Alden received his BS diploma from Harvard University in 1868. He was then associated with the Department of Mechanical Engineering of Worcester Polytechnic Institute WPl, Worcester MA until 1896, finally as its head. He further was a consulting engineer for the Norton Wheel Co., and the Plunger Elevator Co. He also chaired the Board of Directors, Weston Co. He was member of both the Worcester School Committee, and the American Society of Mechanical Engineers ASME, serving as vice-president in the term 1891 to 1893. 

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