BULLETIN FOR THE HISTORY OF CHEMISTRY

Number 6, Spring 1990

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TITLE	Author	Page Number
The 1989 Dexter Address. Some musings on the writing of history of science	D. Stanley Tarbell	3
Kasimir Fajans. This concluding installment deals with Fajans' career in the United States and the controversy over quanticule theory	Reynold Holmen	7
The Continental Chemical Society. The almost demise of the ACS and the compromise that saved it	James J. Bohning	15
Diversions and Digressions. The tie that blinds and other satorical satire	James Doheny	21
Old Chemistries. Remembering John Johnston's Manual of Chemistry and its author	William D. Williams	23
Whatever Happened to ?. Once a textbook staple, the nascent state has disappeared - or has it?	William B. Jensen	26
The 1989 Bibliography. Even larger than last year		37
Book Notes. Life of a Scientist Aleksandr Porfir'evish Borodin, A Chemist's Biography Electrochemistry, Past and Present	Robert S. Mulliken, Springer-Verlag, New York, NY, 1989. Charlene Steinberg and George B. Kauffman, trans., Springer-Verlag, New York, NY, 1988. John T. Stock and Mary Virginia Orna, Eds., American Chemical Society, Washington, D. C., 1989.	41
Divisional News. From the Chair Awards Events of Interest Future Meetings 1990 Officer's Directory		43
Future Issues. A preview of what's to come		47