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John Ulric Nef
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Michael Faraday (L) English physicist and chemist (electromagnetism) and John Frederic Daniell (R) British chemist and meteorologist who invented the Daniell cell.
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Chemical equations Chemical reactions chemistry
How Do You Balance a Chemical Equation?
Illustration of molecules. (molecular, chemistry, science)
Why Is a Group of Molecules Called a Mole?
Above the clouds 130 nautical miles below, astronaut Mark C. Lee floats freely without tethers as he tests the new Simplified Aid for Extravehicular Activity (EVA) Spacewalk Rescue (SAFER) system, Sept. 16, 1994. Space Shuttle Discovery, STS-64
Gravity: From Apples to the Universe
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Rural Irish landscape, Sligo, Ireland.
Why Is Ireland Two Countries?
Small, white rat (genus Rattus) on a glass table. (rodent, laboratory, experiment)
Cruel and Unusual Punishments: 15 Types of Torture
King Cobra snake in Malaysia. (reptile)
9 of the World’s Deadliest Snakes
July, 2006, Launch of Space Shuttle Discovery STS-121. See attached for full caption information.
Will Light-Speed Space Travel Ever Be Possible?
Easter Procession of Maria Santisima del Sacromonte in Granada, Spain. This statue is known as Virgen de los Gitanos or The Virgin of the Gypsies.
What is Holy Week?
Titanic infographic. The 30th anniversary of its discovery is September 1, 2015. SPOTLIGHT VERSION.
Timeline of the Titanic’s Final Hours
New Zealand. Political/Physical map. Includes locator.
Where Is “Old Zealand”?

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Born June 14, 1862 • Herisau • Switzerland
Died August 13, 1915 (aged 53) • Carmel • California
Subjects Of Study carbon • valence
Kekule
August Kekule von Stradonitz
German chemist
Archibald Scott Couper
Scottish chemist
Robert Curl
American chemist
Julius Stieglitz
American chemist
Joseph Loschmidt
Austrian chemist
Sir Harold W. Kroto
British chemist
August Wilhelm von Hofmann, oil painting by E. Hader, 1886
August Wilhelm von Hofmann
German chemist
Viktor Meyer
Viktor Meyer
German chemist
Frankland
Sir Edward Frankland
British scientist
Wurtz
Charles-Adolphe Wurtz
French chemist
Nevil Vincent Sidgwick
British chemist
Stanley Miller
American biochemist
Linus Pauling
Linus Pauling
American scientist
George Washington Carver
George Washington Carver
American agricultural chemist
Jack Parsons
Jack Parsons
American rocket scientist and chemist
Gilbert N. Lewis
American chemist
Langmuir, Irving
Irving Langmuir
American chemist
Harold C. Urey
American chemist
Alfred Werner
Alfred Werner
Swiss chemist
Glenn T. Seaborg
Glenn T. Seaborg
American chemist

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Michael Faraday (L) English physicist and chemist (electromagnetism) and John Frederic Daniell (R) British chemist and meteorologist who invented the Daniell cell.
Faces of Science