BULLETIN FOR THE HISTORY OF CHEMISTRY

Volume 50, Number 2, 2025

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TITLE	Author	Page Number
Ask the Historian Origin of Stereochemical Line and Wedge Symbolism	William B. Jensen	77-79
The German Polymath Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus (1651-1708) and His Pursuit of the European Hard-Paste Porcelain Formula	Robert B. Heimann	80-92
From Regnault to Baumann: The Early History of Poly(Vinyl Chloride)	Evan W. Culver and Seth C. Rasmussen	93-106
Robert Bunsen's Forgotten Wedding: Anecdote, Absent-Mindedness and the Origins of a Scientific Archetype	Ernesto Damiani	107-113
Introduction to a Little-Known Memoir by Emil Fischer	D. M. Behrman and E. J. Behrman	114
Primary Documents: Recollections from my Student Time in Strassburg, 1872-1875	Emil Fischer Translated by E. J. Behrman and D. M. Behrman	114-118
Some Unusual Voltaic Cells	William B. Jensen Roger W. Kugel and Allan R. Pinhas	119-126
Ackee and Jamaican Vomiting Sickness, A Historical Perspective	Andrea Goldson-Barnaby	127-130
Letter to the Editor	Peter J. T. Morris	131

BOOK REVIEWS
Pathways to the Universal Tincture. Collected Alchemical Writings Reviewed by Christoph Kießling	Dorothea Juliana Wallich Alexander Kraft, Ed. Alexander Kraft, Michael A. Putman and Aaron Cheak, trans. 2025	132-134
The Arsenal of Eighteenth-Century Chemistry: The Laboratories of Antoine Laurent Lavoisier (1743-1794) Reviewed by Peter J. T. Morris	Marco Beretta and Paolo Brenni 2022	134-135
Henry Enfield Roscoe: The Campaigning Chemist Reviewed by Amy A. Fisher	Peter J. T. Morris and Peter Reed 2024	135-137
The Elements of Marie Curie: How the Glow of Radium Lit a Path for Women in Science Reviewed by Annette Lykknes	Dava Sobel 2024	137-138
Fifth Business: A Life of the Chemist and Educationist Henry Edward Armstrong Reviewed by Geoff Rayner-Canham and Marelene Rayner-Canham	William Brock 2025	138-140
Color Charts: A History Reviewed by Mary Virginia Orna	Anne Varichon Kate Deimling, transl. 2024	140-141
From Chemical Craftsmanship to the Art of Gilding Atoms Reviewed by Robert H. Crabtree	Hubert Schmidbaur 2024	142-143
Research Should Be Fresh, Simple, and Clear Reviewed by Jeffrey I. Seeman Supplemental Material	Ryoji Noyori 2025	143-150

The Back Story Ryoji Noyori's Word of Honor	Jeffrey I. Seeman	151-152

Bulletin Editorial Staff		153
HIST Officers 2025		153

The Cover. Robert Bunsen (1811-1899), photographed in 1891 by Eduard Schultze. Provided by the University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Edgar Fahs Smith image collection.See p107.

American Chemical Society Division of the History of Chemistry

BULLETIN FOR THE HISTORY OF CHEMISTRY

Volume 50, Number 2, 2025

The Cover. Robert Bunsen (1811-1899), photographed in 1891 by Eduard Schultze. Provided by the University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Edgar Fahs Smith image collection.See p107.

American Chemical Society

Division of the History of Chemistry