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BULLETIN FOR THE HISTORY OF CHEMISTRY

Volume 48, Number 1, 2023

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TITLE Author Page
Number
The Front Story
Jeffrey I. Seeman
1
Truly, and Necessarily, on the Shoulders of Giants: An Astonishing Historic Journey
Mary Virginia Orna
4
Boon or Bane? Color and Transparency in Early Silica Glass
Seth C. Rasmussen
17
Caddo Nation Chemistry: Art, Commerce, Pottery, and Tools
Joe Jeffers
26
John Mercer (1791-1866): The Most Colorful Chemist in the 19th Century
Gary Patterson
32
“The Chemical History of Color,” but Just Two Kinds of Them
David E. Lewis
39
The Mulhouse Chemistry School, Professor Emilio Noelting and Triphenylcarbinyl Dyes
Arthur Greenberg
50
A New Colorful World: Georges Urbain (1872-1938), the Red Star Who Disappeared Off the Horizon
Marco Fontani and
Mariagrazia Costa
60
Margaret Strickland Collins, Termites and Chemical Defense
Sharon L. Haynie
70
“The Truth, The Whole Truth, and Nothing but the Truth:”
Writing the History of the Woodward-Hoffmann Rules
Jeffrey I. Seeman
80
Lasting Bonds: The American Chemical Society's History Division and the Center for the History of Chemistry (now Science History Institute)
Mary Ellen Bowden
95
History of Chemistry in the Journal of Chemical Education

Supplemental Information
Carmen J. Giunta and
Martin D. Saltzman
100
The Seraph of the Edelstein Center
Zvi C. Koren
109
ChemSource—A Resource for K-12 Teachers
Patricia J. Smith
118
     
The Back Story
KC, EJ, and Arbie. Three Generations of Eminent Synthetic Organic Chemists
Jeffrey I. Seeman
126
     
Bulletin Instructions for Authors   125
Bulletin Editorial Staff  
2023 HIST Officer's Directory  

The Cover. . . Read Mary Virginia Orna's HIST Award Address. See p4.