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	History and Philosophy of Alchemy URL: http://www.levity.com/alchemy/home.html ODP description: "90 megabytes online of information on alchemy in all its facets." Though alchemy is neither chemistry nor a science, it is a historical precursor to scientific chemistry as studied in schools today. Page title: The Alchemy Web Site
	Chemical Heritage Foundation URL: http://www.chemheritage.org/ ODP description: The Chemical Heritage Foundation (CHF), established by the American Chemical Society (ACS) and the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE), had its origins in 1982. CHF seeks to strengthen public understanding of the chemical sciences and technologies. Page title: History of Chemistry - Chemical Heritage Foundation Page description: Your resource for the history of chemistry. Library, archives, exhibits, instrument collections, artifacts, oral histories, industry histories, publications, teaching tools, fellowships, events.
	Selected Classic Papers URL: http://web.lemoyne.edu/~giunta/papers.html ODP description: Historically important papers in the fields of: Atomic hypothesis and discrete nature of matter Electricity, electrochemistry, and electrolyte solutions The electron and electronic structure of matter Elements: nature, number, and discovery Environmental chemistry Gases Periodic table and periodic law Radioactivity and the nucleus Thermodynamics Page title: Selected Classic Papers from the History of Chemistry
	Atomic Structure Timeline URL: http://atomictimeline.net/ ODP description: Timeline for the development of atomic structure. Democritus (<1704) to Fermi (1950s+.)
	Biographies of Famous Chemists URL: http://www.liv.ac.uk/Chemistry/Links/refbiog.html ODP description: Links to biographies of over 200 people who have advanced and refined the field of chemistry. A section of the WWW Virtual Library. Page title: Chemistry - Links for Chemists - Topics - Biographies Page description: Links for Chemists (1995-2006) is an index of Chemistry resources on the WWW, this section covers biographies of chemists and scientists who made contributions to this field
	Early Ideas in the History of Quantum Chemistry. URL: http://www.quantum-chemistry-history.com/ ODP description: Biographies of people involved in the early ideas of quantum chemistry, including interviews with fifteen of these people. Page title: Udo Anders : Early Ideas in the History of Quantum Chemistry.
	Detergent Chemistry: History URL: http://www.chemistry.co.nz/deterghistory.htm ODP description: A history of synthetic detergents and of the synthetic detergent industry. Page description: The synthetic detergent industry is not shrouded in the veils of history as were the beginnings of the soap industry, it is nevertheless not easy to pinpoint exactly when the detergent industry, as such, came into being.
	Nobel Prizes in Chemistry URL: http://userpage.chemie.fu-berlin.de/diverse/bib/nobel_chemie_e.html ODP description: A listing of Nobel Prize winners in chemistry from 1901 to 1999.
	The History and Chemistry of Murexide Dye URL: http://www.chriscooksey.demon.co.uk/murexide/ ODP description: Text derived from Scheele, Prout, Liebig and Wohler. Page title: The history and chemistry of Murexide dye Page description: the history and chemistry of purple murexide dye made from guano derived uric acid
	Radioactivity: Historical Figures URL: http://www.accessexcellence.org/AE/AEC/CC/historical_background.html ODP description: Focuses on four primary figures in the development of the understanding of nuclear structure and radioactivity, namely Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen, Antoine Henri Becquerel, Marie Sklodowska Curie, and Ernest Rutherford.
	Othmer Library of Chemical History URL: http://othmerlib.chemheritage.org/ ODP description: sources from the 16th century on the history of the chemical sciences and technologies. Page title: The Othmer Library of Chemical History
	Beckman Center URL: http://www.chemheritage.org/about/about-nav2.html ODP description: The Arnold and Mabel Beckman Center for the History of Chemistry has the goal of supporting basic research in the history of the chemical sciences and to sponsor events of interest to scholars and the informed public. Page title: Beckman Center for the History of Chemistry at the Chemical Heritage Foundation Page description: The Beckman Center for the History of Chemistry conducts historical and educational programs, preserves the material culture of the chemical sciences and industries, and supports scholarship.
	Classic Chemistry URL: http://webserver.lemoyne.edu/faculty/giunta/ ODP description: Provides texts of several classic papers from the history of chemistry and links to related sites. Maintained by Carmen Giunta of Le Moyne College.
	Schoenberg Center for Electronic Text and Image URL: http://www.library.upenn.edu/etext/smith/ ODP description: The Edgar Fahs Smith Image Collection contains over 3,000 images of scientists, laboratories, and scientific apparatus. A selection of these prints, engravings, and photographs is reproduced on this site. Photographs of any of these images may be ordered from an on-line order form. Page title: SCETI: Smith Collection
	National Historic Chemical Landmarks URL: http://portal.acs.org/portal/acs/corg/content?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=PP_TRANSITIONMAIN&node_id=882&use_sec=false&sec_url_var=region1&__uuid=838f912a-305c-46e8-b4e8-d40c8f441ca9 ODP description: Key discoveries and places, compiled by the American Chemical Society. Page title: Chemical Landmarks
	Lichen Purple URL: http://www.chriscooksey.demon.co.uk/lichen/ ODP description: The history and chemistry of orcein, orchil, litmus, parelle and French purple with extensive bibliography. Page title: Lichen Purple, history and chemistry Page description: the origin, history and chemistry of purple dyes from lichens
	A and B Scott Science History URL: http://members.optusnet.com.au/scottsofta/ ODP description: History of development of atomic theory and periodic table; links from each scientist named to primary sources and more extensive biographical material. Page title: Consider the 90 or so elements in the periodic table.
	This Week in Chemical History URL: http://portal.acs.org/portal/acs/corg/content?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=PP_ARTICLEMAIN&node_id=124&content_id=WPCP_006850&use_sec=true&sec_url_var=region1 ODP description: Annotated calendar noting both the people and the events related to various dates. Page title: This Week in Chemical History - March 24 - March 30
	The History of Chemical Engineering URL: http://www.cems.umn.edu/~aiche_ug/history/h_intro.html ODP description: Includes an introduction to chemical engineering and a brief history of the profession. Page title: The History of Chemical Engineering: Introduction Page description: Great Info! Welcome to our History of Chemical Engineering. We think you will like what you find...
	Case Histories of Drug Discovery URL: http://www.prous.com/smr99 ODP description: Society for Medicines Research symposium, "Case Histories of Drug Discovery," now available online RealAudio webcast. Page description: Drug symposium organized by Society for Medicines Research, drug discovery of infliximab, zanamivir, olanzapine, alosetron, leflunomide and celecoxib.