The Mitteilungen der Fachgruppe Geschichte der Chemie have been published every two years since 1988. Members of the specialist group receive the journal as part of their membership fee; others can request the issues from the office for a contribution towards costs. Subscriptions are not possible.

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Content

A. Kraft
"I know that very many will be blessed by reading and working on my writings, and, if I rot for a long time, will first praise and glorify me." Dorothea Juliana Wallich (1657-1725), an alchemist from Thuringia

V. Karpenko
Vitriole. Connections between alchemy and chemistry

G. Boeck, A. Rocke
"The fact that I haven't written this and similar things for a long time is due to the hunt I'm in." The contributions of Lothar Meyer to the periodic table from the time in Karlsruhe

D. Kunz
Arrhenius and global warming

G. Wermuth
Immigration of German and Austrian chemists to the USSR 1928-1938

G. Wermuth
Prof. Dr Werner Mecklenburg. As a specialist in the Soviet Union from 1928 to 1932 - A search for traces

A. Faggiano et al.
Hermann Staudinger. A controversial researcher

A. Kraft
The chemist Lili Wachenheim (1893-1989). A biographical sketch

E. E. Wille, M. Barth
"Lives in Chemistry - Lebenswerke in der Chemie" (LiC). Autobiographical book series by outstanding chemists

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M. B. Carrier, C. Reinhardt
Editorial

A. Kraft
Chemical Berlin 1876. A virtual city walk in the founding year of the German Chemical Society

M. D. Gordin
Arranging the Elements. In its elegance and simplicity, the periodic table hides hard-won discoveries

G. Boeck
The periodic table of the elements - a success story from the beginning? On the history of its reception in the years 1869-1910

K. Ruthenberg, H. Chang
Glass and Life: The Biochemical Origins of pH

K.-D. Röker
Guillaume-Francois Rouelle, "fondateur de la chimie en France"

P. Kurzmann
Sulphur and sulphuric acid in early times: The development of industrial sulphuric acid production in Switzerland

K. Stanzl
The industry of odorants in the 19th century

D. Linke
Hans Joachim von Wartenberg (1880-1960). A pioneer of modern inorganic high-temperature chemistry

A. Kraft
The affair surrounding the alchemist Georg (von) Welling in Berlin between 1705 and 1715

K.-D. Röker
From Heat

R. Kießling
The Chemical Society of the GDR, Part 2

G. Boeck
Celebrating D. I. Mendeleevs' Periodic System. A Historical Perspective (conference report)

Content / Imprint G. Görmar
Joachim Tancke (1557-1609) - Professor of Medicine and Surgery, Paracelsist, Astronomer, Poet and Rector of the University of Leipzig T. Moenius
Friedrich I of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg (1646-1691) and the cavalry captain Johann Henrich Vierordt (1649-1685) H. Andreas
"Cyan-Industrie" - The beginnings of a chemical industry in Germany in the 18th century C. Halm
An early conception of agricultural chemistry: Johan Gottschalk Wallerius' Agriculturæ Fundamenta Chemica (1761) K.-D. Röker
Gepaarte Verbindungen C. Nawa
The Tübingen Chemical Laboratory of 1846 M. Haustein
The contact process - an innovation from the Saxon metallurgical industry G. Löffler
Carl Auer von Welsbach and his contribution to early radioactivity research S. Niese
The first decade of radium research in Germany W. Reschetilowski
Dresden scholars and entrepreneurs in correspondence with Wilhelm Ostwald D. Braun
On the social history of plastics D. Linke
In memory of the Berlin chemist Wilhelm Traube (1866-1942) J. H. Wertz, A. Quye, D. France
Taking historical chemistry to the bench: Nineteenth-century Scottish Turkey red dyed textiles R. Anderson
Where has all the Chemistry Gone? R. Peters, A. Hohmeyer
VerSIErt: Genesis and content of a unique exhibition project in the German chemical industry From the field, New publications submitted

Content / Imprint A. Kraft
A controversial chemist: the Berlin physician Johann Heinrich Pott (1692-1777) H. G. Struppe
The "mediocre" Gellert: On the 300th birthday of Christlieb Ehregott Gellert H. Kluge
"The modern theories of chemistry" - Julius Lothar Meyer P. Hallpap, T. Klupsch
Prof. Dr Ludwig Knorr (1859-1921): The flat in Jena W. Scheinert
It began with aniline: organic intermediates at Chemische Fabriken vorm. Weiler-ter Meer S. Niese
The discovery of protactinium by Kasimir Fajans and Oswald Göhring in 1913 W. Scheinert
The Messel mine as a mineral oil plant: oil shale mining and processing before the UNESCO World Heritage title E. Gritz
"Mersol" - a detergent made from coal D. Linke
German-German scientific relations: The chemical colloquia of the Berlin chapter of the Chemical Society in the GDR during the 1960s Documentation and information

Content / Imprint G. Lattermann
Pre- and protohistoric biopolymers (materials) G. Görmar
Jacob Waitz and Basilius Valentinus in Walkenried Monastery: Legend and Reality K. D. Röker
The "Everyman Chemistry" of Friedlieb Ferdinand Runge G. Schwedt
C. R. Fresenius' mineral water analysis using the example of the historic "Mineralquelle zu Niederselters" H. Andreas
Reinhold Hoffmann and his fellow student August Kekulé D. Braun
Marcelin Berthelot as the first polymer researcher of the nineteenth century A. Martin
Döbereiner and the platinum S. Niese
The discovery of actinium R. Kiessling
The Chemical Society of the GDR: Part I P. Hallpap
Chemistry at the University of Jena during the fall of communism Documentation and information

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A. Kraft
Paths of Knowledge: Berlin Blue, 1706-1726

K. D. Schwenke
Lavoisier and the beginnings of agricultural chemistry

W. Hübner
Achard's alloy science: a missed opportunity

S. Niese
The Erxleben meteorite and early cosmochemistry

K. D. Röker
The search for the structure of organic compounds: Laurent's core hypothesis and its adaptation by Gmelin

P. Kurzmann
August Kekulé in Switzerland

R. Salzer et al.
The young chemist Clemens Winkler and the Niederpfannenstiel blue colour factory

R. Mierzecki
Polish Chemists' Associations before 1919

A. Martin
Beginnings of the chemical university institute in Jena

S. Niese
Interweaving of science and production at the Central Institute for Nuclear Research Rossendorf (1958-1991)

Documentation and information

Content / Imprint G. Dörfel
The race for white gold - The reinvention of European porcelain in small Thuringian states K. Volke
300 years of the Meissen porcelain manufactory - the history of porcelain invention P. Hallpap
History of chemistry at the University of Jena J. Hollweg
Gottfried August Hoffmann and his "Anleitung zur Chemie für Künstler und Fabrikanten" - Das erste Lehrbuch der chemischen Technologie? P. Bohley
Johann Christian Reil and the origin of biochemistry K. Urban
The development of duralumin by Alfred Wilm 100 years ago W. Hübner
Corrosion and corrosion protection - a historical perspective H. Maier
"Rescue metals", plastics pioneers and the "economic miracle" On the joint work of scientific-technical organisations in the field of materials research in the 20th century G. Collin
History of carbon materials Documentation and information

Content / Imprint H.-W. Schütt
Another 'pre-discoverer' of oxygen: Abraham Eleazar H. Andreas
Friedlieb Ferdinand Runge: Pioneer of tar colour chemistry? M. Haustein, J. Zaun
The collection of chemical preparations at the TU Bergakademie Freiberg - Clemens Winkler's material traces W. Scheinert
Triphenylmethane dyes at the Chemische Fabriken vorm. Weiler-ter Meer and its predecessor companies K.-D. Röker
Vulcanisation - chemical reaction or absorption process? A controversy at the beginning of the 20th century R. Aust
The difficult path to synthetic rubber - a path with coincidences and research impulses H. Gilch
The inventors of nylon and Perlon: Wallace H. Carothers and Paul Schlack S. Niese
Mothballs for the detection of nuclear radiation: Hartmut Kallmann (1896-1978) and the organic scintillators P. Löhnert
Richard May, Theodor Mariam, Oskar Falek: Fates of Jewish chemists at the Wolfen paint factory after 1933 Documentation and information

Content / Imprint I. Keil
Maker of scientific instruments in the early modern period in Augsburg J. Büttner
Oeconomia animalis: Zur Vorgeschichte des Stoffwechselbegriffs H.-H. Walter
The history of brine therapy in German spas K. D. Schwenke
From egg white to protein: the history of a term Ch. Bigg
The career of quantitative spectral analysis: experimental cultures between physics, chemistry and industry A. S. Travis
150th Anniversary of Mauve and Coal-Tar Dyes R. Zott
"We live in a time of the most general educational interest" E. Roussanova
K. F. Beilstein's election to the St Petersburg Academy of Sciences G. Boeck
Four unpublished letters from Dmitrij I. Mendeleev to Wilhelm Ostwald R. Zott
Epigrams and ("Karlsbad") study verses by Wilhelm Ostwald G. Boeck
Julius Wagner - Germany's first professor of didactics of chemistry W. Wetzel
History of German chemistry in the first half of the 20th century, ca. 1910-1945 K.-D. Röker
The first experiments on the use of artificial rubber S. Niese
The discovery of X-ray fluorescence analysis H. Teichmann
'Chemical reports' - with a difference B. Bächi
Chemical History as Cultural History: Ascorbic Acid and the 'Defence Situation' of the 'National Economic Body', 1933-1953 Documentation and information

Content / Imprint K. Herrmann
On the description of chemical processes in the ancient Chinese technology encyclopaedia "Tian gong kai wu" from 1637 J. Büttner
The "chemical life process" comes into the focus of chemists: The beginnings of physiological chemistry U. Klein
Chemical formulae and the emergence of modern organic chemistry W. Wetzel
History and significance of the by-products of the Leblanc soda process H.-H. Walter
From the flat pan to the vacuum crystalliser: evaporated salt production in the 19th and 20th centuries R. Zott
Justus Liebig (1803-1873): Aspirations, achievements and various effects V. Hierholzer
"Food gendarmes": Regulation of food quality in the German Empire K. Riewerts
"If you want to be beautiful, you have to suffer" Freckle remedies under the aspect of consumer protection around 1900 C. Simon
Four "ordinary" and one extraordinary chemist: Microhistory of a department at ETH Zurich 1933-1945 M. Schüring
Continuity in "Reconstruction": The Role of Ernst Telschow in the Transition from the Kaiser Wilhelm Society to the Max Planck Society H. Bode
On an innovation and its misuse: Zyklon B D. Demus: Hans Zocher (1893 - 1969): Chemist and emigrant H. Schönemann
What does the atom have to do with the individual? The language (in) chemistry Documentation and information

Content / Imprint H. Teichmann
175 years of Wöhler's urea synthesis J. Büttner
"Auf diese Entdeckungen lege ich einigen Werth ...": Friedrich Wöhler and hippuric acid J. Büttner
Justus von Liebig's "Chemical Physiology": Steps towards a Chemistry of Life K.D. Schwenke
Liebig's Plant Casein G. Boeck
Liebig's traces in Mecklenburg V. Ziegler
Does Fehling's solution bear its name rightly? K. Volke
Clemens Winkler and environmental protection: On the 100th anniversary of the Freiberg chemist's death E. Roussanova
On the history of women studying chemistry: Julia Lermontova - the first woman to gain a doctorate in chemistry S. Börtitz, O. Wienhaus
Professor Hans Wislicenus, chemist and amateur musician: An unusual portrait D. Stoltzenberg
Emil Fischer, Fritz Haber and the advancement of science S. Niese
Georg Karl von Hevesy as Full Professor of Physical Chemistry in Freiburg, 1926-1934 M. Engel
The chemical laboratory of the Physikalisch-Technische Reichsanstalt, 1887-1945 Documentation and information

Content / Imprint G. Görmar
Johann Thölde, editor of the writings of "Basilius Valentinus" and author of the Haliographia - a biographical sketch G. Boeck
August Michaelis: Does his scientific achievement end with the Michaelis-Arbusow reaction? K. D. Schwenke
Heinrich Einhof: A pioneer of agricultural chemistry R. Zott
Jacobus Henricus van't Hoff: His career and his path to Berlin D. Wagner
The Griesheim Chemical Factory: Pioneer of technical electrochemistry M. Kaji
Ogawa's Discovery of "Nipponium" - Modern Japanese Chemistry in Historical Context H. Andreas
Prof. Dr Hermann Römpp - his life and work M. Gill/ P. Löhnert: Jewish forced labourers at the Aceta factory in Berlin-Lichtenberg Chr. Simon
Rewarded Industrial Research: The Nobel Prize for Physiology/Medicine 1948 H. Teichmann
Chemistry in Berlin-Adlershof H. Bode
Development of synthetic fibres at Phrix AG Documentation and information

Content / Imprint V. Karpenko, P. Widzová
The Bohemian alchemist Hynek of Poděbrad U. Gantenbein
The relationship between alchemy and metallurgy in the early 16th century, especially in Paracelsus and Georgius Agricola U. Gantenbein
The art book of Michael Cochem (Ms. Vadiana 407) from the year 1522. Its significance for medical alchemy H.-H. Walter
Colours, metals and chemicals from 'Bergfabriken' K. Volke
The discovery of the chemical element indium in Freiberg. On the 200th anniversary of the birth of the physicist Ferdinand Reich A. J. Rocke
Organic chemistry in transition: The arrival of Liebig's apparatus in French laboratories W. Botsch
Justus von Liebig and the concept of vitality R. Zott
Klio and Kalliope - 19th century science and technology in the German-language aesthetic literature of the time H. J. Bittrich
On the time dependence of affinity H. Bode
Walter Voss. Early ways of extracting chemicals from wood E. Finger
A life for photography: Prof Hermann Wilhelm Vogel on the 100th anniversary of his death E. Finger
Franz Oppenheim. Co-founder of the Bitterfeld/Wolfen chemical site Documentation and information

Content / Imprint Editorial: C. Meinel
The historiography of chemistry facing the challenges of internationalisation C.-V. Grewe
Naphtha and asphalt, widely used products in antiquity J. Berger
Affinity and reaction time in 18th century chemistry E. Zaitseva
Under the influence of German scientific traditions: I. S. Plotnikov and the first photochemical laboratory in Russia D.Stoltzenberg
As a Postdoctoral Fellow at Harvard in 1905: A Report by Arthur Stähler F. Litten
"He helped because he felt moved to do so as a person and opponent of National Socialism" - Rudolf Hüttel (1912-1993) P. Löhnert, M. Gill
A contribution to the fates of Jewish chemists at the Wolfen film factory after 1993 F. L. Holmes
The historical origin of the Krebs Cycle H. G. Schröter
Economic history and the chemical industry - chemical industry and historiography L.Marschall
Biotechnological research in the pharmaceutical industry: problems and solution strategies using the example of Boehringer Ingelheim H. Bode
History of the man-made fibre industry in the GDR R. W. Soukup
History of chemistry in Austria

Content / Imprint B. Engel
The Berlin Academic Laboratory at the time of Marggraf and Achard M. Seils
Chemistry instead of mathematics - an alternative programme to establish chemistry as a natural science J. Büttner
Devices for chemical analysis in the first clinical laboratories, 1790-1850 B. Orland
Chemistry for Everyday Life. Popular German chemistry books, 1780-1930 E. Homburg
The Teaching of Chemistry at the German Polytechnic Schools, 1803-1860 W. Caesar
Charles Caldwell, an American opponent of Liebig's 'Thierchemie' B. Görs
Chemistry and atomism in German-speaking countries J. Berger
Chemical Mechanics and Kinetics. The importance of mechanical heat theory for the theory of chemical reactions C. Reiners
From the material principle via the material principle to mathematical formalism D. Stoltzenberg
Emil Fischer and the promotion of science H. Bode
History of the Wolfen film factory, 1909-1994 A. Karachalios
The emergence and development of quantum chemistry in Germany Documentation and information

Content / Imprint M. Engel
Enzymology and Fermentation Chemistry: Alfred Wohl's and Carl Neuberg's Reaction Schemes of Alcoholic Fermentation H. Teichmann
The Scheibler-Limpricht correspondence: a newly tapped source of information on the history of chemistry H.-J. Bittrich, M. Wobst
Wilhelm Dittmar - Life and Work E. K. Vámos
The significance of German chemical literature for Hungarian experts as reflected in the papers published in the Hungarian Chemists' Journal F. Baumann
The history of petrol synthesis in the Leuna works and its ecological consequences Documentation and information

Content / Imprint P. Munday
Storm and Dung: Justus von Liebig and the Chemistry of Agriculture M. Teller
Chemical trade and chemical industry in Mecklenburg in the 19th and 20th centuries A. Kipnis
August Horstmann, 1842-1929: A transitional figure in the history of physical chemistry U. Deichmann
The Expulsion of Jewish Chemists and Research Funding in National Socialist Germany and Austria C. Reiners
Usanovic versus Bronsted: On the reception of a concept P.Löhnert
25 years ago, the "Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Photographie..." had to cease publication Documentation and information

Content / Imprint A. Kernbauer
The relationships between chemists at Austrian universities and those at German universities in the 19th century K. Ruthenberg, N. Psarros
Frantisek Wald and phenomenological chemistry H. Teichmann
Choline - Neurin - Betaine: A chapter of natural product chemistry from the founding period of the German Chemical Society M. Engel
"Sans vouloir diminuer le mérite." The chemistry of carbohydrates and Emil Fischer as seen by a French chemist D. Stoltzenberg
Fritz Haber (1868-1934) - His thoughts on the task and his commitment to the advancement of science R. Gelius
Lost correspondence of Prof Heinrich Limpricht found again A. Wankmüller
The founding of the Münzing sulphuric acid factory near Heilbronn in 1930 - an early example of state support for industry H.-H. Walter
Historical production processes for inorganic salts Documentation and information

Content / Imprint R. Opferkuch
Chemical and metallurgical aspects of alchemy H. Andreas
On the chemistry of Johann Conrad Dippel K. Ballschmitter
What is a substance made of? Past and present of a question I. Possehl
The development of analytics in pharmaceutical chemistry D. Wagner
Ernst Sell, the founder of tar distillation in Germany C. Reiners
Alfred Werner as a pioneer of modern acid-base concepts E. Uhlig
The Aromatic Complexes of Chromium: From the First Synthesis to the Elucidation of the Structure Documentation and information

Content / Imprint Editorial
Perspectives on the history of chemistry U. Neumann
Michael Maier (1569-1622), physician, alchemist, writer and Rosicrucian P. Jungmayr
Margrave Karl Wilhelm (1679-1738) and alchemy at the court of Karlsruhe C. Meinel
Analysis and quantification in chemical research programmes of the 18th century H. Meinert
On the history of fluorine chemistry and halogens R. Piosik, W. Jansen
The glass electrode and its co-inventor Zygmunt Klemensiewicz M. Osietzki
The National Socialist Reception of Julius Robert Mayer - Alwin Mittasch and the Concept of Dissolution Documentation and information

Content / Imprint J. Weyer
An exchange of letters between Duke Friedrich I of Württemberg and Count Wolfgang II of Hohenlohe on alchemical questions, 1597-1598 R. W. Soukup, S. v. Osten
The Alchemical Laboratory of Oberstockstall: A Preliminary Report E. Höxtermann
Berlin botanists in the history of biochemistry G. Beer
The foundation of the Chair and Institute of Inorganic Chemistry at the University of Göttingen in 1903 B. Löser
The contribution of the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Fibre Chemistry to the development of macromolecular chemistry I. Possehl
Tape interviews: A field report on collecting contemporary historical sources Documentation and information

Content / Imprint M. Ullmann
Current problems in the study of Arabic alchemy H.-W. Schütt, C. Reinhardt
Christian Friedrich Schönbein and the early history of catalysis research F. Schmieding
Energy-historical aspects of sulphuric acid production: from the vitrol distillery to the thermal power station M. Engel
On the 100th anniversary of the determination of the constitution of glucose by Emil Fischer: Notes on a paradigm shift Documentation and information

Content / Imprint Editorial J. Weyer
The existence and change of the specialist group, 1979-1990: A review by the former chairman E. Elliott
The I.G. Farben industry: A topic for historians of science? F. Bechtoldt
I.G. Farben and the politics of Hitler P. J. T. Morris
I.G. Farben and the Third Reich: the example of synthetic rubber R. G. Stokes
The successors of I. G. Farben and the state J. J. Beer
The relationship between the chemical industry and the German government in the judgement of researchers T. Hapke
Wilhelm Ostwald on information and documentation B. Löser
Life and work of Wilhelm Ostwald at the Großbothen Memorial Documentation and information

Content / Imprint H. Bauer
On the history of chemistry teaching at general education schools in the German-speaking world N. Just
Professionalisation or occupational construction? The development of the chemistry teaching profession in the 19th century K. Gölz, W. Jansen
Chemistry teaching in the Nazi state: A contribution to the history of chemistry didactics C. Meinel
Döbereiner and the chemistry of his time H. Noeske
Chemistry in the German magic books of the 17th and 18th centuries Documentation and information

Content / Imprint Presentations of the Nuremberg Conference (16-18 March 1989) J. Weyer
Margrave Georg Friedrich von Brandenburg-Ansbach and Alchemy M. Engel
From the early history of biochemistry in Berlin B. Engel
Martin Heinrich Klaproth
Chemistry, after the transcripts by S. F. Barez and A. Schopenhauer G. P. Schiemenz
New wine in old bottles? The hexagon, the tetrahedron and legends about August Kekulé B. Hoppe
Chemical and biochemical findings in early photosynthesis research
The contributions of Oscar Loew W. Walter
Otto Stern, Achievement and Destiny Documentation and information

Content / Imprint Presentations of the Aachen Conference (26-27 March 1987) F. Rex
Chemistry, History and the History of Chemistry - Reflections on the Occasion of the Specialist Group Anniversary C. Meinel
The Centre for History of Chemistry - a model for our discipline? A. Nordwig
The Kaiser Wilhelm Institute of Biochemistry in Berlin-Dahlem More articles K. D. Oberdieck
On the shoulders of dwarves? Biochemical research in the 19th century - from work with the Braunschweig database on the history of biochemistry S. Štrbaňová
Symposium on the history of biochemistry B. Wöbke
Leopold Gmelin - Looking back on an anniversary W. Götz
On the correspondence of J. B. Trommsdorff R. Zott
Wilhelm Ostwald and his written legacy Documentation and information

Content / Imprint Editorial J. Weyer
Report of the Chairman G. Beer
The chemical history lectures of the History of Chemistry Division H.-G. Schneider
The parallelism of revolutions in chemistry and politics around 1790 M. Liefländer
Philipp Carl Sprengel and the beginnings of agricultural chemistry G. P. Schiemenz
Albert Ladenburg and the "Kekulé formula" of benzene N. Just
Rudolf Arendt (1828-1902) Chemist and teacher - his methodical teaching work as reflected by his contemporaries K. Götz, W. Jansen
Rudolf Winderlich. An Oldenburg chemistry didactician and historian Documentation and information

Dr. Marcus Carrier
Technical University of Berlin

Prof. Dr Carsten Reinhardt
University of Bielefeld