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William B Jensen
Professor
Chemistry - Tenure-Track Faculty
510 Rieveschl Hall
513-556-9308
william.b.jensen@uc.edu
http://www.che.uc.edu/fac_staff/jensen.html
Peer Reviewed Publications
"Caricature and the Chemist," Chemistry, 1971, 44(11), 6-9.
"A Chemist's Annotated Mother Goose of Modern Bonding Theory," Chemistry, 1972, 45(6), 13-15.
"Lewis Acid-Base Theory: I. Development," Chemistry, 1974, 47(3), 11-14.
"Lewis Acid-Base Theory: II. Applications," Chemistry, 1974, 47(4), 13-18.
"Lewis Acid-Base Theory: III. Hard and Soft Acid-Base Theory," Chemistry, 1974, 47(5), 14-18.
"Murder in the Lab?," J. Chem. Educ., 1976, 53, 202.
"Chemical Symbolism and the Solid State: A Proposal," J. Chem. Educ., 1977, 54, 277-279.
"19th-Century Textbook Illustrations," J. Chem. Educ., 1977, 54, 28, 74, 142, 235, 272, 339, 412, 466, 525, 595, 657, 755.
"A Note on Brønstedian Energetics," Chemtech, 1977, 7, 656.
"The Lewis Acid-Base Concepts: A Status Report," Chem. Rev., 1978, 78, 1-22.
"Electron-Counting Rules and Molecular Bonding Topology," De Educ. Quim., 1978, 3, 210-227.
"Chemical Satire and Theory: 1868," Chem. Brit., 1979, 15(3), 132-137, 141.
"VSEPR and Central Atom Size Effects," De Educ. Quim., 1980, 5, 18-20.
"Extending Ball and Stick Models by Using 3c-2e Bonding Components," J. Chem. Educ., 1980, 57, 637-638.
"Some Comments on Linnett Double-Quartet Theory," Can. J. Chem., 1981, 59, 807-813.
"A Note on the Term Transition Metal," Chem 13 News, 1981, 120, 14.
"Solvation versus Solvolysis," Chem 13 News, 1981, 127, 8-9.
"The Positions of Lanthanum (Actinium) and Lutetium (Lawrencium) in the Periodic Table," J. Chem. Educ., 1982, 59, 634-636.
"Lewis Acid-Base Interactions and Adhesion Theory," Rubber Chem. Techn., 1982, 55, 881-901. Reprinted as "Acids, Bases, and Adhesion: A Synergy," Chemtech, 1982, 12, 755-764.
"A Resource File for Chemical Stereoviews," J. Chem. Educ., 1982, 59, 385-386.
"Monsieur de Maupassant and Phosphure de Calcium," Chem 13 News, 1983, 139, 4-5.Reprinted in HIST Newsletter, 1986, 18, 5-8.
"Acids and Bases: Ancient Concepts in a Modern Science," Chem Matters, 1983, 1(2), 14-15.
"The HSAB Principle and Extended Solubility Theory," Inorg. Chem. Acta, 1983, 75, 193- 197 (with A. Beerbower).
"Abegg, Lewis, Langmuir and the Octet Rule," J. Chem. Educ., 1984, 61, 191-200.
"More on Chemical Stereoviews," J. Chem. Educ., 1984, 61, 267.
"LeChatelier's Principle, Solubility, and Deja Vu," J. Chem. Educ., 1987, 64, 287.
"Unbalanced Chemical Equations," J. Chem. Educ., 1987, 64, 646.
"Labeling of the Periodic Table," Chem. Eng. News, 1987 (Aug. 17), 3.
"Whatever Happended to the Grotta del Cane?," Bull. Hist. Chem., 1988, 1, 10-12.
"Whatever Happened to the Microcrith?," Bull. Hist. Chem., 1988, 2, 16-19.
"Whatever Happened to Homberg's Pyrophorus?," Bull. Hist. Chem., 1989, 3, 21-24.
"The World's Largest Hydrogen Sulfide Test," Bull. Hist. Chem., 1989, 4, 39.
"Thomas Duché Mitchell and the Chemistry of Principles," Bull. Hist. Chem., 1989, 5, 42-48.
"Whatever Happened to the Nascent State?," Bull. Hist. Chem., 1990, 6, 26-36.
"Harry Jones Meets the Famous," Bull. Hist. Chem., 1990, 7, 26-33.
"History of Chemistry Resources at the University of Cincinnati," Othmer Library News, 1990, 2(2), 2-3, and 1992, 4(2), 4.
"Reinventing the Hofmann Sodium Spoon," Bull. Hist. Chem., 1990, 7, 38-39.
"Of Beehives and Babo Generators," Bull. Hist. Chem., 1990, 8, 34-35.
"The Lewis Acid-Base Concepts: Recent Results and Prospects for the Future," J.Adhesion Sci. Technol., 1991, 5, 1-21. Reprinted in K. L. Mittal, H. R. Anderson Jr., eds., Acid-Base Interactions: Relevance to Adhesion Science and Technology, VSP: Utrecht, 1991, pp 3-23.
"To Demonstrate the Truths of 'Chemistry': An Historical and Pictorial Celebration of the Art of the Lecture Demonstration," Bull. Hist. Chem., 1991, 10, 3-15.
"Michael Faraday and the Art and Science of Chemical Manipulation," Bull. Hist. Chem.,1991, 11, 65-76.
"Jibber, Jabber, or Just Geber?," Bull. Hist. Chem., 1992, 12, 49-51.
"The Historical Development of the van Arkel Bond-Type Triangle," Bull. Hist. Chem., 1992-1993, 13/14, 47-59.
"Quality versus Quantity," Educ. Chem., 1994, 31, 10.
"Bond Type versus Structure Type," Educ. Chem., 1994, 31, 94.
"A Quantitative van Arkel Bond-Type Triangle," J. Chem. Educ., 1995, 72, 395-398.
"Electronegativity from Avogadro to Pauling: I. Origins of the Electronegativity Concept," J.Chem. Educ., 1996, 73, 11-20.
"Primary, Secondary or Tertiary?," Educ. Chem., 1996, 32, 122-123.
"Captain Nemo's Battery: Chemistry and the Science Fiction of Jules Verne," Chem. Intell.,1997, 3(2), 23-32.
"A Note on the Term 'Chalcogen,'" J. Chem. Educ., 1997, 74, 1063-1064.
"Does Chemistry Have a Logical Structure?," J. Chem. Educ., 1998, 75, 679-687.
"Can We Unmuddle the Chemistry Textbook?," J. Chem. Educ., 1998, 75, 817-828.
"One Chemical Revolution or Three?," J. Chem. Educ., 1998, 75, 961-969.
"The Thermodynamics and Kinetics of 'HeaterMeals': An Exercise in Undergraduate Inorganic Chemistry," J. Chem. Educ., 2000, 77, 713-717.
"Levels of Chemical Description," J. Chem. Educ., 1999, 76, 1622-1624.
"Reaction Feasibility and the Planck Function," J. Chem. Educ., 2000, 77, 1411.
"Generalizing the Phase Rule," J. Chem. Educ., 2001, 78, 1369-1370.
"An Idea Whose Time Has Come?," J. Chem. Educ., 2001, 78, 727.
"Encounters with Chemistry: I. Charles Darwin," Chem. Intell., 2000, 6(2), 59
"Encounters with Chemistry: II. H. L. Mencken," Chem. Intell., 2000, 6(3), 58.
"The Contributions of Aaron Ihde to the History of Chemistry," Bull. Hist. Chem., 2001, 26,24-32.
"Encounters with Chemistry: III. Herbert Spencer," Chem. Intell., 2000, 6(4), 60.
"Erasmus on Alchemy," Bull. Hist. Chem., 2006, 31, 1-8.
"Empirical Formulas and the Solid State: A Proposal," J. Chem. Educ., 2004, 81,1772-1774.
"Electronegativity from Avogadro to Pauling: II. Late 19th and Early 20th Century Developments," J. Chem. Educ., 2003, 80, 279-287.
"The Positions of Zinc, Cadmium, and Mercury in the Periodic Table," J. Chem. Educ., 2003, 80, 952-961.
"The Position of Hydrogen and Helium in the Periodic Table," J. Chem. Educ., in preparation.
"The Quest for Noble-Gas Compounds: 1894-1962," in preparation.
"Morphogenetic Fields or Polymorphism?," Skeptical Inquirer, 2003, 27(1), 66.
"Entropy and Constraint of Motion," J. Chem. Educ., 2004, 81, 639-640.
"The Universal Gas Constant," J. Chem. Educ., 2003, 80, 731-732.
"The KLM-Shell Labels," J. Chem. Educ., 2003, 80, 996.
"The Symbol for pH," J. Chem. Educ., 2004, 81, 21.
"Keeping It Simple," J. Chem. Educ., to be submitted
"Phase Diagrams and Bond Triangles," J. Chem. Educ., submitted.
"Did Lavoisier Blink?," J. Chem. Educ., 2004, 81, 629.
"The Origin of Stoichiometry Problems," J. Chem. Educ., 2003, 80, 1248.
"The Origin of Vinyl," J. Chem. Educ., 2004, 81, 464.
"Classification, Faulty Logic, and the Teaching of Chemstry," to be submitted.
"Refining Campbell's Rule," J. Chem. Educ., 2004, 81, 1570
"The Origin of Alcohol Proof," J. Chem. Educ., 2004, 81, 1258.
"The Origin of the Name 'Nylon'," J. Chem. Educ., 2005, 82, 676.
"The Origin of the Bunsen Burner," J. Chem. Educ., 2005, 82, 518.
"The Origin of the Mole Concept," J. Chem. Educ., 2004, 81, 1409.
"Why Helium Ends in '-ium’," J. Chem. Educ., 2004, 81, 944.
"The Origins of the Eighteen Electron Rule," J. Chem. Educ., 2005, 82, 28.
"The Origins of the Liebig Condenser," J. Chem. Educ., 2006, 83, 23.
"The Origin of Pyrex," J. Chem. Educ., 2006, 83, 692-693.
"A Previously Unrecognized Portrait of Joan Baptista Van Helmont," Ambix, 2004, 51, 263-268.
"Was Einstein Really a Pantheist?," Free Inquiry, submitted
“Why is the First Electron Shell in Atomic Structure Designated with a K rather than A?,” Science Teacher, 2005, 72(5), 50.
“Can a Chemical Equation Have Two Different Ways to Balance It?,” Science Teacher, 2005, 72(5), 50.
“The Origins of the Symbols A and Z for Atomic Weight and Number,” J. Chem. Educ., 2005, 82, 1764.
“The Symbolism of Chemical Equations,” J. Chem. Educ., 2005, 82, 1461.
“The Origins of Positive and Negative in Electricity,” J. Chem. Educ., 2005, 82, 988.
“The Origins of the Ortho-, Meta-, Para- Prefixes in Chemical Nomenclature,” J. Chem.Educ., 2006, 83, 356-357.
“The Origin of the Term Allotrope,” J. Chem. Educ., 2006, 83, 838-839.
“The Origins of the Hirsh and Büchner Vacuum Filtration Funnels” J. Chem. Educ., 2006,83, 1283.
“The Origin of the Term Base” J. Chem. Educ., 2006, 83, 1130.
“The 2005 Edelstein Award Paper: Textbooks and the Future of History of Chemistry as an Academic Discipline,” Bull. Hist. Chem., 2006, 31, 1-8.
“A Geometric Chemistry Challenge," Anal. Bioanal. Chem., 2006, 385, 790-791 (with J. Meija).
“More on the Nature of Resonance,” J. Chem. Educ., 2006, 83, 1290-1291.
“Leland C. Clark, Jr. (1918-2005),” Biosens. & Bioel., 2006, 21, 1403-1404 (with W.R. Heineman).
“The Use of Dots in Chemical Formulas”J. Chem. Educ., 2006, 83, 1580-1591.
“The Origin of the Term ‘Hypervalent’”J. Chem. Educ., 2006, 83, 1751-1752.
“How and When Did Avogadro’s Name Become Associated with Avogadro’s Number?” J. Chem. Educ., 2007, 84, 223.
“The Origin of the s, p, d, f Orbital Labels,” J. Chem. Educ., 2007, 84, 757-758.
“The Origin of the Names Malic, Maleic and Malonic Acid,” J. Chem. Educ., 2007, 84, 924.
“The Origin of the Oxidation-State Concept,” J. Chem. Educ., 2007, 84, 1418-1419.
“The Origin of the Soxhlet Extractor,” J. Chem. Educ., 2007, 84, 1913-1914.
“The Origin of the Polymer Concept,” J. Chem. Educ., 2008, 85, 624-625.
“Why Tungsten Instead of Wolfram?," J. Chem. Educ., 2008, 85, 488-489.
“Cheese or Flu?,”Bull. Hist. Chem., 2007, 32 (2), 104.
"The Origin of the Rubber Policeman," J. Chem. Educ., 2008, 85, 776.
“More on ClO and Related Radicals,” J. Chem. Educ., 2008, 85, 783.
"Is Mercury Now a Transition Element?,” J. Chem. Educ., 2008, 85, 1182-1183.
"The Origin of the Rotavap," J. Chem. Educ., 2008, 85, 1481.
"The Periodic Table: Facts or Committees?," J. Chem. Educ., 2008, 85, 1491-1492.
"Lost Artifacts? The Squibb Museum," Bull. Hist. Chem., 2008, 33(2), 111.
152. "Castor Bean Redux and an Israeli Breakthrough," Jerusalem Post, December.
"Castor Bean Redux and an Israeli Breakthrough," Jerusalem Post, December 2008 (with M.Orchin and H. Fenichel).
"Der Phosophische Peri-Baum of Dorothea Juliana Walchin," Lloydiana, 2008, 12(3-4), 18-19.
"Lost Artifacts? The F. J. Moore Portrait Collection," Bull. Hist. Chem., 2009, 34 (1), 61.
"Melting Points and the Characterization of Organic Compounds," J. Chem. Educ., 2009, 86,23-24.
"The Origins of the Metallic Bond," J. Chem. Educ., 2009, 86, 278-279.
"The Origin of the Circle Symbol for Benzene," J. Chem. Educ., 2009, 86, 423-424.
"The Origin of the 'Delta' Symbol for Fractional Charges, " J. Chem. Educ., 2009, 86, 545.
"Erasmus on Alchemy". Bull. Hist. Chem. (2006), 31, 1-8.
"Electronegativity from Avogadro to Pauling: 11. Late 19th and Early 20th Century Developments". J. Chem. Educ. (2003), 80, 279-287.
"The Positions of Zinc, Cadmium, and Mercury in the Periodic Table". J. Chem. Edu. (2003), 80, 952-961.
"Morphogenetic Fields or Polymorphism?". Skeptical Inquirer (2003), 27, 66.
"Entropy and Constraint of Motion". J. Chem. Educ. (2004), 81, 639-640.
"The Universal Gas Constant". J. Chem. Educ (2003), 80, 731-732.
"The KLM-Shell Labels". J. Chem. Educ (2003), 80, 996.
"The Symbol for pH". J. Chem. Educ (2004), 81, 21.
"Did Lavoisier Blink?". J. Chem. Educ (2004), 81, 629.
"The Origin of Stoichiometry Problems". J. Chem. Educ (2003), 80, 1248.
"The Origin of Vinyl". J. Chem. Educ (2004), 81, 464.
"Refining Campbell's Rule". J. Chem. Educ (2004), 81, 1570.
"The Origin of Alcohol Proof". J. Chem. Educ (2004), 81, 1258.
"The Origin of the Name 'Nylon'". J. Chem. Educ (2005), 82, 676.
"The Origin of the Bunsen Burner". J. Chem. Educ (2005), 82, 518.
"The Origin of the Mole Concept". J. Chem. Educ (2004), 81, 1409.
"Why Helium Ends in '-ium'". J. Chem. Educ (2004), 81, 944.
"The Origins of the Eighteen Electron Rule". J. Chem. Educ (2005), 82, 28.
"The Origins of the Liebig Condenser". J. Chem. Educ (2006), 83, 23.
"The Origin of Pyrex". J. Chem. Educ (2006), 83, 692-693.
"A Previously Unrecognized Portrait of Joan Baptista Van Helmont". Ambix (2004), 51, 263-268.
"Why is the First Electron Shell in Atomic Structure Designated with a K rather than A?". Science Teacher (2005), 72, 50.
"Can a Chemical Equation Have Two Different Ways to Balance It?". Science Teacher (2005), 72, 50.
"The Origins of the Symbols A and Z for Atomic Weight and Number". J. Chem. Educ (2005), 82, 1764.
"The Symbolism of Chemical Equations". J. Chem. Educ (2005), 82, 1461.
"The Origins of Positive and Negative in Electricity". J. Chem. Educ (2005), 82, 988.
"The Origins of the Ortho-, Meta-, Para- Prefixes in Chemical Nomenclature". J. Chem. Educ (2006), 83, 356-357.
"The Origin of the Term Allotrope". J. Chem. Educ (2006), 83, 838-839.
"The Origins of the Hirsh and Biichner Vacuum Filtration Funnels". J. Chem. Educ (2006), 83, 1283.
"The Origin the Term Base". J. Chem. Educ (2006), 83, 1130.
"The 2005 Edelstein Award Paper: Textbooks and the Future of History of Chemistry as an Academic Discipline". Bull. Hist. Chem (2006), 31, 1-8.
"A Geometric Chemistry Challenge". Anal. Bioanal. Chem. (2006), 285, 790-791.
"More on the Nature of Resonance". J. Chem. Educ (2006), 83, 1290-1291.
W. E. Heineman; W. B. Jensen. Leland C. Clark, Jr. (1918-2005). Biosens. & Bioel (2006), 21, 1403-1404.
"The Use of Dots in Chemical Formulas". J. Chem. Educ (2006), 83, 1580-1591.
"The Origin of the Term 'Hypervalent'". J. Chem. Educ (2006), 83, 1751-1752.
"How and When Did Avogadro's Name Become Associated with Avogadro's Number?". J. Chem. Educ (2007), 84, 223.
"The Origin of the s, p, d, f Orbital Labels". J. Chem. Educ (2007), 84, 757-758.
"The Origin of the Names Malic, Maleic and Malonic Acid". J. Chem. Educ. (2007), 84, 924.
"The Origin of the Oxidation-State Concept". J. Chem. Educ (2007), 84, 1418-1419.
"Cheese or Flu?". Bull. Hist. Chem (2007), 32, 104.
Methods and Styles in the Development of Chemistry. Bull. Hist. Chem 2003, 54, 56.
Pharmaceutical Education in the Queen City: 150 Years of Service, 1850-2000. Chemical Heritage 2003, 21.
The Art of Chemistry. Ambix 2003, 341, 342.
Cohesion: A Scientific History of Intermolecular Forces. Bull. Hist. Chem 2004, 58.
Lebenslinen: Eine Selbstbiographie. Bull. Hist. Chem 2006, 38.
M. Orchin, W. B. Jensen. Fritz Haber Reviews. Chem. Eng. News 2006.
"The Chemical Promise: Experiment and Mysticism in the Chemical Philosophy, 1550- 1800. Bull. Hist. Chem 2006, 57, 58.
From Alchemy to Chemistry in Picture and Story. Bull. Hist. Chem 2007, 143, 144.
Books
The Secondary Chemistry Textbook and the History of Secondary Chemistry Teaching: 1820-1960, M.S. Thesis, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, 1972
Investigations of the Quarternary M/MCl
The Lewis Acid-Base Concepts: An Overview
Laboratory Experiments for General Chemistry
Logic, History and the Teaching of Chemistry
What a Privilege! Celebrating 85 Years of the Life and Career of Milt Orchin
Chemistry: The Science of Substance,
Mendeleev on the Periodic Law: Selected Writings 1869-1905; Dover: Mineola, NY, 2006.
Philosophers of Fire: A Brief Outline of 600 Years of Chemical History for Students of Chemistry, 1400-2000; Oesper Collections: University of Cincinnati, 2005.
Book Chapters
"The Role of Coupled-Transport Reactions in the Preparation of Metal Halides and Chalcides Using Molten Aluminum Halides as Solvents," in M. Blander et al., eds., Proc. 4th Annual Symposium on Molten Salts, San Francisco, CA, 1984, 84(2), 98-108. (with E. Larsen).
"Lewis Acid-Base Aspects of Liquid-Liquid Miscibility," Proc. Symposium on Migration of Gases, Liquids, and Solids in Elastomers, 126th National Meeting of the Rubber Division, ACS, Denver, CO, 1984. Incorporated into paper 30.
"Classification, Symmetry, and the Periodic Table," Computers Maths. with Appl., 1986, 12B,487-510. Reprinted in I. Hargittai, ed., Symmetry, Pergamon: New York, NY, 1986, pp 487-510.
"The Historical Development of Blowpipe Analysis," in J. T. Stock and M. V. Orna, eds.,The History and Preservation of Chemical Instrumentation, Reidel: Amsterdam, 1986, pp 123-149.
"The Relevance of Lewis Acid-Base Chemistry to Surface Interactions," in K. L. Mittal, ed.,Surface and Colloid Science in Computer Technology, Plenum: New York, NY, 1987, pp 27-59.
"A Nonsense Book of Thermodynamics," in R. L. Weber, ed., Droll Science, Humana Press:Clifton, NJ, 1988, p 145.
"Spectroelectrochemistry with Optically Transparent Electrodes: An Anecdotal History of the Early Years," in J. Stock and M. V. Orna, eds., Electrochemistry, Past and Present, ACS Books:Washington, DC, 1989, pp 442-457 (with W. Heineman).
"Crystal Coordination Formulas: A Flexible Notation for the Interpretation of Solid-State Structures," in D. G. Pettifor and F. R. de Boer, eds., The Structures of Binary Compounds, Elsevier: Amsterdam, 1989, pp 105-146.
"A Chemist Turns Historian," in J. B. Umland, General Chemistry, West Publishing:Minneapolis, MN, 1993, pp 620-621.
"Kenichi Fukui," in L. K. James, ed., Nobel Laureates in Chemistry: 1901-1992, ACS Books: Washington, DC, 1993, pp 639-647.
"History of Chemistry and the Chemical Community: Bridging the Gap," in S. Mauskopf.ed., Chemical Sciences and the Modern World, University of Pennsylvania; Philadelpha, PA, 1993,pp. 262-276.
"American Chemistry: 1970-1994," in R. H. Ferrell and J. Hoff, eds., Dictionary of American History Supplement, Part I, Scribner's: New York, NY, 1996, pp 108-110.
"Dimtri Ivanovich Mendeleev," in The Macmillan Encyclopedia of Chemistry, Macmillan,New York, NY, 1997.
"The Periodic Law and Periodic Table," in Britannica on Line, Britannica Inc.: Chicago, IL, 2000.
"Gilbert Newton Lewis, 1875-1946," in Britannica on Line, Britannica Inc.: Chicago, IL, 2000.
"Fritz Haber, 1868-1934," in Britannica on Line, Britannica Inc.: Chicago, IL, 2000.
"Atoms," in The Macmillan Encyclopedia of Chemistry, 2nd ed., Macmillan, New York, NY, in press.
"Molecules," in The Macmillan Encyclopedia of Chemistry, 2nd ed., Macmillan, New York, NY.
Reviews
Review of R. B. Seymour and T. Chiang, "History of Polyolefins," HIST Newsletter, 1986,17, 5.
"Report on the Pedagogy and the Periodic Table Symposium," CHED Newsletter, Spring 1987, p 23.
Review of R. Banks, D. Sharp and J. Tatlow, "Fluorine: The First One Hundred Years (1886-1986)," Chem. Eng. News, 1987, (Nov. 30), 28-32.
Review of J. G. Traynham, "Essays on the History of Organc Chemistry," Bull. Hist. Chem., 1986, 1, 14 .
Review of W. A. E. McBryde et al, "Essays in Chemical History," Bull. Hist. Chem., 1988,2, 22 .
Review of A. Thackray et al, "Chemistry in America," Bull. Hist. Chem., 1988, 2, 22.
Review of W. Miles, "American Chemists and Chemical Engineers," Bull. Hist. Chem., 1989,3, 26.
Review of G. K. Schweitzer, "A History of Chemistry at the University of Tennessee - Knoxville from 1794-1987," Bull. Hist. Chem., 1989, 3, 26 .
Review of J. J. Loschmidt, "Chemische Studien" and "Konstitutions Formeln der Organischen Chemie in Graphischer Darstellung," Bull. Hist. Chem, 1989, 4, 29.
"A Revolutionary Timeline." Bull. Hist. Chem., 1989, 4, 49.
Review of R. Mulliken, "Life of a Scientist," Bull. Hist. Chem., 1990, 6, 41.
Review of N. A. Figurovskii and Y. I. Solov'ev, "Aleksandr Poifir'evich Borodin: A Chemist's Biography," Bull. Hist. Chem., 1990, 6, 42.
Review of M. V. Orna and J. T. Stock, eds., "Electrochemistry: Past and Present," Bull. Hist.Chem., 1990, 6, 43 .
Review of A. T. Schwartz and J. G. McEvoy, eds., "Motion Towards Perfection: The Achievement of Joseph Priestley." Bull. Hist. Chem., 1990, 7, 34 .
Review of first three volumes of the series "Profiles, Pathways, and Dreams," J. I. Seeman,ed., Bull. Hist. Chem., 1990, 8, 30.
Review of A. J. Ihde, "Chemistry as Viewed from Bascom Hill. A History of the Chemistry Department at the University of Wisconsin," Bull. Hist. Chem., 1990, 7, 34.
Review of C. Hamlin, "A Science of Impurity: Water Analysis in the Nineteenth Century," Bull. Hist. Chem., 1991, 9, 32.
Review of L. Garrigos i Oltra, "Aproximacion a la evolucion historica de los metodos de adjuste de las ecuacions qumicas," Bull. Hist. Chem., 1991, 9, 33.
Review of H. W. Salzberg, "From Caveman to Chemist," Bull. Hist. Chem., 1991, 10, 39.
"A Faraday Timeline," Bull. Hist. Chem., 1991, 11, 101.
"Faraday: A Biographical Checklist," Bull. Hist. Chem., 1991, 11, 100.
"The Harry Shipley Fry Papers," Othmer Library News, 1992, 4(2), 4 .
Review of H. Metzger, "Chemistry," Bull. Hist. Chem., 1992, 12, 39.
Review of R. Mierzecki, "The Historical Development of Chemistry," Bull. Hist. Chem.,1992, 12, 41.
Review of S. Ross, "Nineteenth-Century Attitudes: Men of Science," Bull. Hist. Chem., 1992,12, 42-42.
Review of H. Benninga, "A History of Lactic Acid: A Chapter in the History of
Biotechnology," Bull. Hist. Chem., 1992, 12, 42.
Review of J. S. Fruton, "Contrasts in Scientific Style: Research Groups in the Chemical and Biochemical Sciences," Bull. Hist. Chem., 1992, 12, 42.
Review of first eight volumes of the series "Profiles, Pathways, and Dreams," J. I. Seeman, ed., Isis, 1992, 83, 685-687.
Review of D. H. Rouvray, ed., "Concepts in Chemistry: A Contemporary Challenge," J.Amer. Chem. Soc., 1997, 119, 8580.
"History of Electrochemistry Calendar," Bioanalytical Systems, Lafayette, IN, 1997.
Review of H. W. Schütt, "Elhard Mitscherlich: Prince of Prussian Chemistry," Chem. Intell.,1998, 4(2), 57.
"History of Chemistry Calendar," Bioanalytical Systems, Lafayette, IN, 1998.
Review of R. E. Schofield, "The Enlightenment of Joseph Priestley: A Study of His Life and Works from 1733 to 1773," J. Chem. Educ., 1999, 76, 321-322.
Review of C. Jungnickel and R. McCormmach, "Cavendish," Bull. Hist., 1999, 23, 51-53.
Review of H. W. Schütt, "Auf der Suche nach dem Stein der Weisen: Die Geschichte der Alchemie," J. Chem. Educ., 2001, 78, 732.
Review of C. Meinel, ed., "Instrument - Experiment: Historische Studien," Bull. Hist. Chem.,2001, 26, 135
Review of F. L. Holmes and T. H. Levere, eds., "Instruments and Experimentation in the History of Chemistry," Bull. Hist. Chem., 2001, 26, 134-135.
Review of E. Wiberg, "Holleman-Wiberg's Inorganic Chemistry," 34th ed., J. Chem. Educ., 2002, 79, 944-946.
Review of J. S. Fruton, "Methods and Styles in the Development of Chemistry," Bull. Hist. Chem., 2003, 28(1), 54-56.
Review of M. A. Flannery, D. B. Worthen, "Pharmaceutical Education in the Queen City: 150 Years of Service, 1850-2000," Chemical Heritage, 2003, 21.
Review of A. Greenberg, "The Art of Chemistry," Ambix, 2003, 50, 341-342.
Review of J. S. Rowlinson, "Cohesion: A Scientific History of Intermolecular Forces," Bull. Hist. Chem., 2004, 29(1), 58.
Review of W. Ostwald, “Lebenslinen: Eine Selbstbiographie,” Bull. Hist. Chem., 2006, 31(2), 38.
“Fritz Haber Reviews,” Chem. Eng. News, 2006 (May 29), 2 (with M. Orchin).
Review of A. Debus, “The Chemical Promise: Experiment and Mysticism in the Chemical Philosophy, 1550-1800,” Bull. Hist. Chem., 2006, 32 (1), 57-58.
Review of A. Greenberg, “From Alchemy to Chemistry in Picture and Story,” Bull. Hist. Chem., 2007, 32(2), 143-144.
Review of L. Principe, Ed., “Chymists and Chymistry: Studies in the History of Alchemy and Early Chemistry,” J. Hist. Medicine Related Sci., 2008, 63, 260-262.
Review of M. Crosland, "Scientific Institutions and Practice in France and Britain," Bull. Hist. Chem., 2008, 33(2), 116.
"Twixt Laboratory and Library: A New Role for the Historian of Chemistry?,"
Other Publications
"The First Half-Century of Department Heads," Chem. Bond, 1987, 20, 7-10.
"Cincinnati Chemists: I. Thomas Herbert Norton," CINTACS Newsletter, 1987, 25(1), 8-10,25(2), 6-11.
"Cincinnati Chemists: II. Thomas Duché Mitchell," CINTACS Newsletter, 1988, 25(3), 6-9, 26(1), 10-15.
"An Interview with Bill Gilbert," Chem. Bond, 1988, 21, 12-19.
The Origins of the Cincinnati Chemical Community, Cincinnati Section of the ACS:Cincinnati, OH, 1988 (Bicentennial Booklet).
"An Interview with Hans Jaffé," Chem. Bond, 1989, 22, 4-16
"Cincinnati Chemists: III. Elijah Slack," CINTACS Newsletter, 1989, 26(2), 8-11, 26(3), 8-13.
"Cincinnati Chemists: IV. Robert Bowne Warder (1848-1905)," CINTACS Newsletter, 1989, 27(1), 10-15.
"Graduate Profile: Dr. Else Schulze," Chem. Bond., 1989, 23, 14-16.
"Hans Willi Zimmer: 1921-2001," Biographical Introduction to The Collected Papers of Hans Zimmer, Vol. 1, Oesper Collections, Cincinnati, OH, 2003.
"On the Death of a Friend: John J. Alexander, 1940-2002," Chem. Bond, 2003, 31, 9-11.
"Remembering High School Chemistry," privately distributed.
“In Memory of Frank R. Meeks,” Chem. Bond, 2007 (Fall), 11.
"In Memorium: Theordore William Gilbert 1929-2007," Chem. Bond, 2007 (Fall), p. 10.
"Hans Willi Zimmer: 1921-2001". Biographical Introduction to The Collected Papers (2003), Vol. 1, Oesper Collections, Cincinnati, OH.
"On the Death of a Friend: John J. Alexander, 1940-2002". Chem. Bond (2003), 31, 9-11.
"Remembering High School Chemistry". privately distributed.
"In Memory of Frank R. Meeks". Chem. Bond (2007), Fall, 11.
"In Memorium: Theordore William Gilbert 1929-2007". Chem. Bond (2007), Fall, 10.
Invited Presentations
(08/05/1984). Crystal Coordination Formulas and the Teaching of Solid-State lnorganic Chemistry. 8th Biennial Conference on Chemical Education, University of Connecticut.
(10/30/1984). Lewis Acid-Base Aspects of Liquid-Liquid Solubility. American Cyanamid Research Laboratories, Stamford, CT.
(08/30/1987). Blowpipe Analysis Reconsidered. Division of Chemical Education, 194th National ACS Meeting, New Orleans, LA.
(08/30/1987). Dial-A-Chemist: Bizarre Mechanical Devices for Teaching Chemistry. Division of the History of Chemistry, 194th National ACS Meeting, New Orleans, LA.
(08/04/1987). Chair, General Papers,Section B,. Division of Chemical Education, 194th National ACS Meeting,, New Orleans, LA.
(06/05/1988). Frank Wigglesworth Clarke's 1880 Report on the Teaching of Chemistry and Physics in the United States. Division of the History of Chemistry, 195th National ACS Meeting, Toronto, Canada.
(05/29/1991). Michael Faraday and the Art and Science of Chemical Manipulation. 23rd Central-Great Lakes Regional ACS Meeting, Indianapolis, IN.
(04/05/1992). Captain Nemo's Battery: Chemistry and the Science Fiction of Jules Verne. 203rd National ACS Meeting, San Francisco, CA.
(04/05/1992). The Chemistry of Bug-Eyed Silicon Monsters. 203rd National ACS Meeting, San Francisco, CA.
(08/03/1993). A. W. Hofmann and the Hofmann Electrolysis Apparatus. Conference on Chemical Education, Butler University, Indianapolis, IN.
(07/31/1994). Joseph Priestley and the 18th-Century Revolution in Chemical Apparatus. 13th Biennial Conference on Chemical Education, Bucknell University, Lewisburg,PA,.
(07/31/1994). The Historical Development of the van Arkel Bond-Type Triangle. 13th Biennial Conference on Chemical Education, Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA.
(08/21/1994). Electronegativity from Berzelius to Pauling. 208th National ACS Meeting, Washington, DC.
(03/26/2002). From the Pneumatic Trough to the PC: Apparatus Innovation and the History of Chemistry. History of Chemistry Series, Texas A & M University, College Station, TX.
(03/25/2004). An Illustrated Guide to the Oesper Collections in the History of Chemistry. Chemical Heritage Foundation, Philadelphia, PA.
(10/21/2004). Priestley's Chemical Apparatus. Chemical Heritage Foundation, Philadelphia, PA,.
Lectures
(06/18/1990). The Lewis Acid-Base Concepts: Recent Results and Prospects for the Future. Symposium in Honor of Fred Fowkes, 64th Colloid and Surface Science Symposium, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA.
(07/22/1991). The Historical Development of the Periodic Table and the Structure of the Atom. History of Chemistry Workshop, Beckman Center for the History of Chemistry, Philadelphia, PA,.
(07/13/1992). From Triads to Aufbau. 1992 Woodrow Wilson Institute on the History of Chemistry, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ.
(08/03/1993). To Demonstrate the Truths of Chymistry: 300 Years of Chemical Demonstrations. Conference on Chemical Education, Butler University, Indianapolis, IN.
(10/30/1993). Two Centuries of the Chemistry Set. Symposium on the History of Chemistry, Sacred Heart University, Fairfield, CT.
(11/05/1994). From the Pneumatic Trough to the PC: Apparatus Innovation and the History of Chemistry. 2nd Symposium on the History of Chemistry, Sacred Heart University, Fairfield, CT.
(08/15/1995). Logic, History, and the Teaching of Chemistry. 50th Summer Conference, New England Association of Chemistry Teachers, Heart University, Fairfield, CT.
(04/16/1997). Does Chemistry Have a Logical Structure?. 211st National ACS Meeting, San Francisco CA.
(04/15/1997). A Natural History Approach to Descriptive Chemistry. 211st National ACS Meeting, San Francisco CA.
(11/01/1997). Frank Wigglesworth Clarke's 1880 Report on Chemical Education in the United States. 4th Symposium on the History of Chemistry, Scared Heart University, Fairfield, CT.
(08/25/1998). To Demonstrate the Truths of Chymistry: Three Centuries of Chemical Demonstrations. 214 National ACS Meeting, Boston, MA.
(11/07/1998). A Contracted History of the Lanthanide Contraction. 5th Symposium on the History of Chemistry, Scared Heart University, Fairfield, CT.
(05/30/1999). Bond-Type Triangles: An Overview. 82nd Canadian Society for Chemistry Conference, Toronto, Canada.
(11/11/2000). The Quest for Noble-Gas Compounds: 1894-1962. 6th History of Chemistry Symposium, Sacred Heart University, Fairfield, CT.
(10/26/2001). Fin de Siècle Chemistry: Chemistry at the Turn of The Century, 1400-2000. 49th Annual MACTLAC Meeting, University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, MN.
(02/12/1985). Abegg, Lewis, Langmuir and the Octet Rule. Invited Seminar, SUNY-Brockport, Brockport, NY.
(04/03/1985). Models and Molecules: New Ways of Describing Molecular Structure. A Series of Lectures for Area High School Chemistry Teachers, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY.
(04/20/1985). The Contributions of Solid-State Chemistry to Chemical Theory. 30th Annual American Chemical Society Undergraduate Research Symposium, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY.
(10/19/1985). Origins of the Octet Rule. Invited Seminar, St. John Fisher College, Rochester, NY.
(11/14/1985). Famous Chemists in Caricature and Anecdote. Rochester Area High- School Chemistry Award Banquet, Rochester, NY.
(11/15/1985). Famous Chemists in Caricature and Anecdote. Undergraduate Science Lecture Series, Roberts Wesleyan College, Chili, NY.
(01/24/1986). Origins of the Octet Rule. University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH.
(02/15/1986). Communicating Solid-State Structures to the Uninitiated. Invited Seminar, Union College, Schenectady, NY.
(04/15/1986). Famous Chemists in Caricature and Anecdote. SUNY-Potsdam, Potsdam, NY.
(04/15/1986). Famous Chemists in Caricature and Anecdote. St. Lawrence University,Canton, NY.
(11/04/1986). Crystal Coordination Formulas and the Teaching of Inorganic Chemistry. University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH.
(04/17/1987). Chemistry at the University of Cincinnati: The First 50 Years-Part I. University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH.
(05/15/1987). Chemistry at the University of Cincinnati: The First 50 Years-Part II. University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH.
(06/11/1987). Famous Chemists in Caricature and Anecdote. Awards Dinner, Rush- Henrietta Central School District High-School Science Teachers, Rochester, NY.
(08/25/1987). Famous Chemists in Caricature and Anecdote. University of Missouri, St. Louis, MO.
(10/08/1987). August Horstmann and the Origins of Chemical Thermodynamics. University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH.
(11/10/1987). Famous Chemists in Caricature and Anecdote. 75 Anniversary of the Rochester Section of the American Chemical Society, Rochester, NY.
(11/20/1987). Famous Chemists in Caricature and Anecdote. University of Tennessee, Chattanooga, TN.
(02/05/1988). Does Ontogeny Recapitulate Phylogeny in Education? Some Depressing Thoughts on Chemical Education and the History of Chemistry. University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH.
(02/15/1988). The Tail Does Not Wag the Dog: Harry Shipley Fry and the Rise and Fall of the U.C. Chemistry Department, 1918-1945. University of Cincinnati History Department, Cincinnati, OH.
(02/19/1988). Famous Chemists in Caricature and Anecdote. Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY.
(02/26/1988). "Chemistry at the University of Cincinnati: The First 50 Years-Part III. University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH.
(03/08/1988). The Synthesis of Reduced-State Halides and Chalcides of Zirconium and Titanium in Molten Aluminum Halide Melts. University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH.
(04/01/1988). Famous Chemists in Caricature and Anecdote. Austin Peay State University, Clarksville, TN.
(04/13/1988). Famous Chemists in Caricature and Anecdote. Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH.
(03/26/1988). Famous Chemists in Caricature and Anecdote. Central Ohio Valley Section of the American Chemical Society, Huntington, WV.
(04/29/1988). Chemistry at the University of Cincinnati: The First 50 Years-Part IV. University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH.
(09/13/1988). The Synthesis of Reduced-State Halides and Chalcides of Zirconium and Titanium in Molten Aluminum Halide Melts. Invited Inorganic Seminar, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN.
(09/14/1988). Does Ontogeny Recapitulate Phylogeny in Education? Some Depressing Thoughts on Chemical Education and the History of Chemistry. Invited Seminar in Chemical Education, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN.
(02/17/1989). Famous Chemists in Caricature and Anecdote. University of Tennessee Chattanooga, Chattanooga, TN.
(03/03/1989). Famous Chemists in Caricature and Anecdote. Cumberland College, Williamsburg, KY.
(03/08/1989). Famous Chemists in Caricature and Anecdote. Wabash Section of the ACS, Terre Haute, IN.
(03/08/1989). Communicating Solid-State Structures to the Uninitiated. Indiana State University, Terre Haute, IN.
(03/09/1989). Frank Wigglesworth Clarke's 1880 Report on Chemical Education in the United States. DePauw University, Greencastle, IN.
(03/31/1989). Chemistry at the University of Cincinnati-Part V. University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH.
(05/05/1989). Famous Chemists in Caricature and Anecdote. Wright State University, Dayton, OH.
(05/08/1989). Famous Chemists in Caricature and Anecdote. Berea College, Berea, KY.
(05/31/1989). Chemistry at the University of Cincinnati, Part VI. University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH.
(06/12/1989). Resources for the History of Chemistry. The Development of Atomic Weight Determinations, "The Development of the Periodic Table," Invited Lecture Series, St. John's University, Collegeville, MN.
(09/19/1989). Famous Chemists in Caricature and Anecdote. Minnesota Section of the ACS, Collegeville, MN.
(11/29/1989). "Frank Wigglesworth Clarke's 1880 Report on Chemical Education in the United States. Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN.
(02/19/1990). August Horstrnann and the Origins of Chemical Thermodynamics. Ohio State University, Columbus, OH.
(03/15/1990). Does Ontogeny Recapitulate Phylogeny in Education? Some Depressing Thoughts on Chemical Education and the History of Chemistry. University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI.
(04/02/1990). Three Centuries of Chemical Demonstrations. Murray State University, Murray, KY,.
(04/05/1990). Three Centuries of Chemical Demonstrations. West Virginia State College, Institute, WV.
(05/25/1990). Famous Chemists in Caricature and Anecdote. Awards Seminar, University of Cincinnati.
(09/14/1990). Famous Chemists in Caricature and Anecdote. University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point, Stevens Point, WI.
(10/13/1990). Frank Wigglesworth Clarke's 1880 Report on Chemical Education in the United States. Invited Speaker, Rhode Island Section of the ACS, Providence, RI,.
(12/06/1990). Famous Chemists in Caricature and Anecdote. College of St. Thomas, St. Paul, MN.
(12/07/1990). "Two Hundred Years of the Chemistry Set. Macalester College, St. Paul, MN.
(01/30/1991). Two Hundred Years of the Chemistry Set. Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI.
(02/18/1991). Famous Chemists in Caricature and Anecdote. Capital University, Columbus, OH.
(02/28/1991). Frank Wigglesworth Clarke's 1880 Report on Chemical Education in the United States. Krause Club, Cincinnati, OH.
(04/28/1991). Two Hundred Years of the Chemistry Set. Invited Lecture, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA,.
(05/14/1991). The Pimentel Report on the Periodic Table: The Report that Never Was. Inorganic Seminar, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH.
(06/18/1991). Early History of the Department of Chemistry. Research Associate's Meeting, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH.
(10/11/1991). Two Hundred Years of the Chemistry Set. Keynote Lecture for the 39th MACTLAC Conference, Albion College, Albion, MI.
(11/05/1991). August Horstmann and the Origins of Chemical Thermodynamics. Associated Colleges of the Chicago Area Lecture Series, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL.
(02/04/1992). The Pimentel Report on the Periodic Table: The Report that Never Was, Part II. Inorganic Seminar, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH.
(02/10/1992). August Horstmann and the Origins of Chemical Thermodynamics. University of Missouri, St. Louis, MO.
(02/25/1992). Communicating Solid-State Structures to the Uninitiated. Purdue University, Lafayette, IN.
(03/11/1992). Organizers and Dissenters: A Century of the Cincinnati Section of the ACS. Centennial Celebration, Cincinnati Section of the ACS, Cincinnati, OH.
(03/17/1992). Two Hundred Years of the Chemistry Set. Dayton Section of the ACS, Dayton, OH.
(12/03/1992). The Chemistry of Bug-Eyed Silicon Monsters. Education Group, Pittsburg Section, ACS, Pittsburg, PA.
(02/11/1993). Captain Nemo's Battery: Chemistry and the Science Fiction of Jules Verne. Columbus Section, ACS, Columbus, OH.
(03/02/1993). A Contracted History of the Lanthanide Contraction: A Personal Odyessy. Inorganic Seminar, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH.
(04/29/1993). Captain Nemo's Battery: Chemistry and the Science Fiction of Jules Verne. Northeast Ohio Section, ACS, Parkersburg, WV.
(05/28/1993). Captain Nemo's Battery: Chemistry and the Science Fiction of Jules Verne. 1993 Awards Seminar, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH.
(05/13/1993). "Captan Nemo's Battery: Chemistry and the Science Fiction of Jules Verne. University of Saint Thomas, Saint Paul, MN.
(11/09/1993). A Short History of the van Arkel Bond Type Triangle,". Inorganic Seminar, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH.
(11/15/1993). Two Centuries of the Chemistry Set. Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant, MI.
(02/23/1994). Captain Nemo's Battery: Chemistry and the Science Fiction of Jules Verne. University of Kansas Section, ACS, and Sigma Xi, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS.
(03/04/1994). Captain Nemo's Battery: Chemistry and the Science Fiction of Jules Verne. College of Mt. Saint Joseph, Cincinnati, OH.
(03/25/1994). Two Centuries of the Chemistry Set. Featured Speaker, 26 Annual Undergraduate Research Conference, Southeastern Tennessee Regional ACS, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfeesboro, TN.
(04/13/1994). Captain Nemo's Battery: Chemistry and the Science Fiction of Jules Verne. Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN.
(04/28/1994). The Chemistry of Bug-Eyed Silicon Monsters. University of Saint Thomas, Saint Paul, MN.
(04/28/1994). "Two Centuries of the Chemistry Set. University of Saint Thomas, Saint Paul, MN.
(05/20/1994). The Chemistry of Bug-Eyed Silicon Monsters. Wright State University, Dayton, OH.
(09/08/1994). Captain Nemo's Battery: Chemistry and the Science Fiction of Jules Verne. University of Tennessee, Martin, TN.
(09/09/1994). Two Centuries of the Chemistry Set. Tennessee Technological University, Cookeville, TN.
(02/24/1995). From the Pneumatic Trough to the PC: Apparatus Innovation and the History of Chemistry. Departmental Colloquium, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI,.
(13/18/1995). To Demonstrate the Truths of Chymistry: 300 Years of Chemical Demonstrations. Maryland Section of the ACS, Baltimore, MD.
(04/14/1995). To Demonstrate the Truths of Chymistry: 300 Years of Chemical Demonstrations. Student ACS Group, University of Pittsburgh, PA.
(05/12/1995). To Demonstrate the Truths of Chymistry: 300 Years of Chemical Demonstrations. The Da Vinci Society, Linda Hall Science Library, Kansas City, MO.
(05/12/1995). The Chemistry of Bug-Eyed Silicon Monsters,. Department of Biochemistry, University of Kansas Medical School, Kansas City, KA.
(06/07/1995). Electronegativity from Avogadro to Pauling. Cleveland Section of the ACS, John Carroll University, Cleveland, OH.
(10/03/1995). To Demonstrate the Truths of Chymistry: 300 Years of Chemical Demonstrations,". Marshall University, Huntington, WV.
(10/20/1995). To Demonstrate the Truths of Chymistry: 300 Years of Chemical Demonstrations. Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN.
(10/26/1995). To Demonstrate the Truths of Chymistry: 300 Years of Chemical Demonstrations. University of Saint Thomas, Saint Paul, MN.
(10/27/1995). The Chemistry of Bug-Eyed Silicon Monsters. 43 MACTLAC Conference, Hamlin College, Saint Paul, MN.
(11/14/1995). From Van Arkel Triangles to Yeh Prisms. Inorganic Seminar, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH.
(11/16/1995). The Chemistry of Bug-Eyed Silicon Monsters. Columbus Section of the ACS, Columbus, OH.
(04/03/1996). Two Centuries of the Chemistry Set. Histony of Chemistry Seminar Series, Marshall University, Huntington, WV.
(04/11/1996). Captain Nemo's Battery: Chemistry and the Science Fiction of Jules Verne. Kolbe Lecture, Bradley University, Peoria, IL.
(04/25/1996). Two Centuries of the Chemistry Set. Cincinnati Section of the ACS, Cincinnati, OH.
(09/09/1996). From the Pneumatic Trough to the PC: Apparatus Innovation and the History of Chemistry. University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Wl.
(03/28/1997). The Chemistry of Bug-Eyed Silicon Monsters. Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY.
(04/25/1997). Captain Nemo's Battery: Chemistry and the Science Fiction of Jules Verne. Ohio University, Athens, OH.
(06/03/1997). A Contracted History of the Lanthanide Contraction. Inorganic Seminar, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH.
(06/19/1997). Chemists and Libraries. Library Seminar, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH.
(11/18/1997). What's Happening in Basic Inorganic Chemistry: A Review of the Recent Literature. Inorganic Seminar, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH.
(03/27/1998). Two Centuries of the Chemistry Set. College of Mount St. Joseph, Cincinnati, OH.
(10/02/1998). Captain Nemo's Battey: Chemistry and the Science Fiction of Jules Verne. Wright State University, Dayton, OH,.
(02/23/1999). The Reichenbach Affair: Pseudoscience and 19th-Century Chemistry. Cincinnati Free Inquiry Group.
(02/24/1999). The Chemistry of Bug-Eyed Silicon Monsters. Dayton Section of the American Chemical Society.
(03/03/1999). From the Pneumatic Trough to the PC: Apparatus Innovation and the History of Chemisty. Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN.
(03/04/1999). Captain Nemo's Battery: Chemistry and the Science Fiction of Jules Verne. DePauw University, Greencastle, lN.
(04/01/1999). Oddities of Organic Nomenclature: An Historical Excursion. Organic Seminar, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH.
(1999). The Reichenbach Affair: Pseudoscience and 19th-Century Chemistry. Inorganic Seminar, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati OH.
(11/17/1999). Captain Nemo's Battery: Chemistry and the Science Fiction of Jules Verne. Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH,.
(02/12/2000). The Reichenbach Affair: Pseudoscience and 19th-Century Chemistry. Cincinnati Association for Rational Thought.
(02/15/2000). Recent Advances in the Kapustinski Equation. Inorganic Seminar, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH.
(11/13/2000). Two Centuries of the Chemistry Set. University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI.
(03/02/2001). Frank Wigglesworth Clarke's 1880 Report on Chemical Education in the United States. Albion College, Albion, MI.
(03/27/2001). Epicurus and the Origins of Western Humanism. Cincinnati Free Inquiry Group.
(04/18/2001). Two Centuries of the Chemistry Set. Sigma Xi Lecture, Thomas Moore College, Covington, KY.
(05/25/2001). Two Centuries of the Chemistry Set. Departmental Awards Seminar, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH.
(06/05/2001). The Oesper Collection in the History of Chemistry. Friends of the Library, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH.
(07/06/2001). The Art of Chemical Demonstrations. Seminar for Visiting Undergraduates, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH.
(10/25/2001). Electronegativity from Avogadro to Pauling, Part II. University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, MN.
(11/10/2001). Oliver Wendell Holmes as Skeptic. Cincinnati Association for Rational Thought, Cincinnati, OH.
(03/06/2002). History of Chemistry Resources at the University of Cincinnati. Chemical Education Discussion Group, Cincinnati Section, ACS.
(03/08/2002). August Horstmann and the Origins of Chemical Thermodynamics. Antioch College, Yellow Springs, OH.
(04/19/2002). Two Centuries of the Chemistry Set. Indiana University, Indiana, PA.
(05/02/2002). Captain Nemo's Battery: Chemistry and the Science Fiction of Jules Verne. Ohio Wesleyan University, Delaware, OH.
(06/25/2002). Ludwig Feuerbach: The Religious Atheist. Cincinnati Fee Inquiry Group.
(10/03/2002). An Historical Commentary on the Play 'Copenhagen. Cincinnati Fee Inquiry Group.
(11/09/2002). Winds of Delusion: Telekinesis and the Radiometer Effect. Cincinnati Association for Rational Thought, Cincinnati, OH.
(02/03/2003). Epicurus and the Origins of Western Humanism. UC Student Skeptics Group, Cincinnati, OH.
(02/21/2003). The Oesper Collections in the History of Chemistry. Wright State University, Dayton, OH.
(02/24/2003). Two Centuries of the Chemistry Set. Chemical Education Discussion Group, Cincinnati Section, ACS.
(04/22/2003). The Oesper Collections in the History of Chemistry. Kenyon College, Gambier, OH.
(10/07/2003). An Illustrated Guide to the Oesper Collections in the History of Chemistry. Southern Indiana Section, ACS, Wabash College, Vincennes, IN.
(10/17/2003). An Illustrated Guide to the Oesper Collections in the History of Chemistry. Invited Dinner Speaker, 164th Annual 2YC3 Conference, Elizabethtown Community College, Elizabethtown, KY.
(10/28/2003). Was Einstein a Humanist. Cincinnati Fee Inquiry Group.
(11/12/2003). An Illustrated Guide to the Oesper Collections in the History of Chemistry. John Carroll University, Cleveland, OH.
(11/21/2003). An Illustrated Guide to the Oesper Collections in the History of Chemistry. 4th Annual Inorganic Weekend, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH.
(11/24/2003). An Illustrated Guide to the Oesper Collections in the History of Chemistry. UC Skeptics Group, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH.
(03/19/2004). An Illustrated Guide to the Oesper Collections in the History of Chemistry. University of Saint Francis, Fort Wayne, IN.
(04/10/2004). An Illustrated Guide to the Oesper Collections in the History of Chemistry. Marshall University, Huntington, WV.
(05/28/2004). An Illustrated Guide to the Oesper Collections in the History of Chemistry. Department of Engineering, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH.
(10/23/2004). Frankenstein's Cat and Other Bioelectric Fantasies. Cincinnati Fee Inquiry Group.
(04/15/2005). An Illustrated Tour of the Oesper Collections in the History of Chemistry. Central Florida Section of the ACS, St. Petersburg, FA.
(10/05/2005). Preserving the Past While Planning for the Future: The Legacies of Ralph Oesper and Else Schultze. Keynote Address, Dedication of the Else L. Schultze Info Commons and the Oesper Collections in the History of Chemistry, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH.
(10/14/2005). An Illustrated Tour of the Oesper Collections in the History of Chemistry. Dinner Speaker, 66th 2YC3 Conference,, Bucks County Community College, Newton, PA.
(12/20/2005). Some Recent Speculations, on the Nature and Origins of Religion. Cincinnati Free Inquiry Group, Cincinnati, OH,.
(02/11/2006). Some Musings on the Nature of Pseudoscience. Cincinnati Association for Rational Thought, Cincinnati, OH.
(03/15/2006). An Illustrated Tour of the Oesper Collections in the History of Chemistry. Joint ACS Meeting, Cincinnati and Dayton Sections, Golden Lamb Hotel, Lebanon, OH.
(03/22/2006). Joseph Priestley’s Chemical Apparatus. Department of Chemistry, University of Western Ontario, London, Canada.
(03/22/2006). An Illustrated Tour of the Oesper Collections in the History of Chemistry. Department of Chemistry, University of Western Ontario, London, Canada.
(04/21/2006). An Illustrated Tour of the Oesper Collections in the History of Chemistry. Fisher Lectureship, Department of Chemistry, Roanoke College, Salem, VA.
(04/28/2006). Survival of the Best Fit: A Brief History of Drug-Receptor Interactions. Zimmer Symposium Dinner Lecture.
(10/04/2006). An Illustrated Tour of the Oesper Collections in the History of Chemistry. Department of Chemistry, Northern Kentucky University, Alexandria, KY.
(05/22/2007). Frank Wigglesworth Clarke’s 1880 Survey of Chemical Education in the United States. CERMACS, Covington, KY.
(06/09/2007). The Great Baking Powder War. Cincinnati Association for Rational Thought, Cincinnati, OH.
(11/27/2007). Is Mercury Now a Transition Element? Comments on the Recent Synthesis of Mercury Tetrafluoride. Inorganic Seminar, Department of Chemistry, University of Cincinnati.
(04/11/2009). Alternative Fuels: Facts and Fantasies. Cincinnati Association for Rational Thought, Cincinnati, OH.
Paper Presentations
Epicurus and the Origins of Western Humanism. UC Student Skeptics Group, Cincinnati, OH. 02/03/2003.
"The Oesper Collections in the History of Chemistry. Wright State University, Dayton, OH. 02/21/2003.
Two Centuries of the Chemistry Set. Chemical Education Discussion Group, Cincinnati Section, ACS. 02/24/2003.
The Oesper Collections in the History of Chemistry. Kenyon College, Gambier, OH. 04/22/2003.
An illustrated Guide to the Oesper Collections in the History of Chemistry. Southern Indiana Section, ACS, Wabash College, Vincennes, IN. 10/07/2003.
An Illustrated Guide to the Oesper Collections in the History of Chemistry. 164th Annual 2Y C3 Conference, Elizabethtown Community College, Elizabethtown, KY. 10/17/2003.
Was Einstein a Humanist?. Cincinnati Fee Inquiry Group. 10/28/2003.
"An Illustrated Guide to the Oesper Collections in the History of Chemistry. John Carroll University, Cleveland, OH. 11/12/2003.
An Illustrated Guide to the Oesper Collections in the History of Chemistry. 4th Annual Inorganic Weekend, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH. 11/21/2003.
An Illustrated Guide to the Oesper Collections in the History of Chemistry. University of Saint Francis, Fort Wayne, IN. 03/19/2004.
"An Illustrated Guide to the Oesper Collections in the History of Chemistry. Chemical Heritage Foundation, Philadelphia, PA. 03/25/2004.
An Illustrated Guide to the Oesper Collections in the History of Chemistry. Marshall University, Huntington, WV. 04/10/2004.
An Illustrated Guide to the Oesper Collections in the History of Chemistry. Department of Engineering, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH. 05/28/2004.
Priestley's Chemical Apparatus. 228th National ACS Meeting, Philadelphia, PA. 08/24/2004.
Everything But the Kitchen Sink: Four Centuries of Chemistry Textbooks. 16th Biennial Conference on Chemical Education, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI. 06/11/2000.
Priestley 's Chemical Apparatus. Dinner Speaker, Chemical Heritage Foundation, Philadelphia, PA. 10/21/2004.
Frankenstein's Cat and Other Bioelectric Fantasies. Cincinnati Fee Inquiry Group. 10/23/2004.
Four Brief Museum Talks for Department Seminar Receptions. . 2005.
An Illustrated Tour of the Oesper Collections in the History of Chemistry. Central Floridia Section of the ACS, St. Petersburg, FA. 04/15/2005.
The Quantification of 20th-Century Thermodynamics: A Tribute to the 1923 Text, Thermodynamics and the Free-Energy of Chemical Substances by Gilbert Newton Lewis and Merle Randall. Bolton Society Symposium, 230th National ACS Meeting, Washington, DC.. 08/28/2005.
The Traite of the Third Chemical Revolution: A Tribute to the 1923 Monograph Valence and the Structure of Atoms and Molecules by Gilbert Newton Lewis. Bolton Society Symposium, 230th National ACS Meeting, Washington, DC. 08/29/2005.
An Illustrated Tour of the Oesper Collections in the History of Chemistry. Keynote Paper, Edelstein Award Symposium, 230th National ACS Meeting, Washington, DC. 08/30/2005.
Preserving the Past While Planning for the Future: The Legacies of Ralph Oesper and Else Schultze . Keynote Address, Dedication of the Else L. Schultze Info Commons and the Oesper Collections in the History of Chemistry, University of Cincinnati , Cincinnati, OH. 10/05/2005.
An Illustrated Tour of the Oesper Collections in the History of Chemistry. 66th 2YC3 Conference, Bucks County Community College, Newton, PA. 10/14/2005.
"Some Recent Speculations, on the Nature and Origins of Religion. Cincinnati Free Inquiry Group, Cincinnati, OH. 12/20/2005.
Six Brief Museum Talks for Department Seminar Receptions. . 2006.
"Some Musings on the Nature of Pseudoscience. Cincinnati Association for Rational, Cincinnati, OH. 02/11/2006.
An Illustrated Tour of the Oesper Collections in the History of Chemistry. Joint ACS Meeting, Cincinnati and Dayton Sections, Golden Lamb Hotel, Lebanon, OH. 03/15/2006.
Joseph Priestley's Chemical Apparatus. Department of Chemistry, University of Western Ontario, London, Canada. 03/22/2006.
An Illustrated Tour of the Oesper Collections in the History of Chemistry. Department of Chemistry, University of Western Ontario, London, Canada. 03/22/2006.
An Illustrated Tour of the Oesper Collections in the History of Chemistry. Fisher Lectureship, Department of Chemistry, Roanoke College, Salem, VA. 04/21/2006.
Survival of the Best Fit: A Brief History of Drug-Receptor Interactions. Zimrner Symposium Dinner Lecture. 04/28/2006.
An Illustrated Tour of the Oesper Collections in the History of Chemistry. Department of Chemistry, Northern Kentucky University, Alexandria, KY. 10/04/2006.
Four Brief Museum Talks for Department Seminar Receptions. . 2007.
Frank Wigglesworth Clarke's 1880 Survey of Chemical Education in the United States. CERMACS, Covington, KY. 05/22/2007.
The Great Baking Powder War. Cincinnati Association for Rational Thought, Cincinnati, OH. 06/09/2007.
Spectroscopy and the Periodic Table: A Tribute to the 1927 Monograph Linienspektren und periodischen System der Elemente by Friedrich Hund. Bolton Society Symposium, 234th National ACS Meeting, Boston, MA. 08/20/2007.
Lewis Acid-Base Interactions and Adhesion Theory. Symposium on Elastomers, 119th National Meeting of the Rubber Division, Minneapolis, MN. 06/02/1981.
Abegg, Lewis, Langmuir and the Octet Rule. Symposium on Gilbert Newton Lewis, Division of Chemical Education, 183rd National ACS Meeting, Las Vegas, NV. 03/28/1982.
Illustration and the Secondary Chemistry Text: 1820-1970. Symposium on the Art and Craft of Scientific Illustration, Division of Chemical Education, 183rd National ACS Meeting, Las Vegas, NV. 03/28/1982.
Lewis Acid-Base Aspects of Liquid-Liquid Miscibility. Symposium on Migration of Gases, Liquids, and Solids in Elastomers, 126th National Meeting of the Rubber Division, ACS, Denver, CO. 10/23/1984.
The Relevance of Lewis Acid-Base Chemistry to Surface Interactions. Symposium on Surface and Colloid Science in Computer Technology, 5th International Conference on Surface and Colloid Science, Clarkson University, Potsdam, NY. 06/24/1985.
The Quest for Noble-Gas Compounds: 1894-1962. 35th Midwestern Regional ACS Meeting, St. Louis, MO. 10/25/2000.
Electronegativity from Avogadro to Pauling: II. Late 19th and Early 20th Century Developments. 222nd National ACS Meeting, Chicago, IL. 08/26/2001.
History of Chemistry Resources at the University of Cincinnati. 223rd National ACS Meeting, Orlando FL. 04/07/2002.
Priestley's Chemical Apparatus. 228th National ACS Meeting, Philadelphia, PA. 08/24/2004.
The Quantification of 20th-Century Thermodynamics: A Tribute to the 1923 Text, Thermodynamics and the Free-Energy of Chemical Substances by Gilbert Newton Lewis and Merle Randall. Bolton Society Symposium, 230th National ACS Meeting, Washington, DC. 08/28/2005.
The Traité of the Third Chemical Revolution: A Tribute to the 1923 Monograph, Valence and the Structure of Atoms and Molecules by Gilbert Newton Lewis. Bolton Society Symposium, 230th National ACS Meeting, Washington, DC. 08/29/2005.
An Illustrated Tour of the Oesper Collections in the History of Chemistry. Edelstein Award Symposium, 230th National ACS Meeting, Washington, DC. 08/30/2005.
Spectroscopy and the Periodic Table: A Tribute to the 1927 Monograph, Linienspektren und periodischen System der Elemente by Friedrich Hund. Bolton Society Symposium, 234th National ACS Meeting, Boston, MA. 08/20/2007.
Four Centuries of Atomic Theory: An Overview. Symposium on the History of the Atomic Theory, 236th National ACS Meeting, Philadelphia, PA. 08/18/2008.
August Horstmann and the Origins of Chemical Thermodynamics. Edelstein Symposium, 236th National ACS Meeting, Philadelphia, PA. 08/19/2008.
Lucretius and Newton. Lucretius Symposium, St. John Fischer College, Rochester, NY. 03/19/2009.
Symposia
(08/26/1984). Communicating Solid-State Structures to the Uninitiated. Symposium on Structural Principles for Solids, Division of Inorganic Chemistry, 188th National ACS Meeting, Philadelphia, PA.
(09/08/1985). The Development of Blowpipe Analysis. Symposium on the History and Preservation of Chemical Instrumentation, History of Chemistry Division, 190th National ACS Meeting, Chicago, IL.
(09/07/1986). Labeling the Periodic Table: As Simple as ABC. Symposium on Pedagogy and the Periodic Table, Chemical Education Division, 192nd National ACS, Anaheim, CA.
(04/05/1987). August Horstmann and the Origins of Chemical Thermodynamics. Symposium on the History of Physical Chemistry, History of Chemistry Division, 193rd National Meeting ACS, Denver, CO.
William R. Heineman, William B. Jensen (06/05/1988). Spectroelectrochemistry: An Anecdotal History of the Early Years. Symposium on the History of Electrochemistry, Division of the History of Chemistry, 195th National ACS Meeting, Toronto, Canada.
(07/31/1988). Is it Possible for an Inorganic Chemist to do a Planned Synthesis?. Symposium on Undergraduate Inorganic Laboratory, 10th Biennial Conference on Chemical Education, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN.
(04/09/1989). Defending the Purity of the Revolution: Thomas Duche Mitchell's Defense and Critique of Lavoisier. Symposium on the Bicentennial of the Chemical Revolution, Division of the History of Chemistry, 197th National ACS Meeting, Dallas, TX.
(04/09/1989). Chemical Demonstrations B. A. (Before Alyea). Symposium in Honor of Hubert Alyea, Division of Chemical Education, 197th National ACS Meeting, Dallas, TX.
(10/09/1989). Mers, Isms and Morphs: Unraveling the Tangled Vocabulary of Chemical Composition and Structure. Symposium in Honor of O. T. Benfey, 41st Southeastern Regional ACS Meeting, Winston-Salem, NC.
(05/18/1990). History of Chemistry and the Chemical Community: Bridging the Gap. Symposium on Chemical Sciences and the Modern World, Beckman Center for the History of Chemistry, Philadelphia, PA.
(08/05/1990). The History of the Chemistry Set. Symposium on the History of the Chemistry Set, 11th Biennial Conference on Chemical Education, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA.
(04/14/1991). Michael Faraday and the Art and Science of Chemical Manipulation. Symposium on Michael Faraday: Chemist and Popular Lecturer, Division of the History of Chemistry, 201 National ACS Meeting, Atlanta, GA.
(10/11/1999). From the Pneumatic Trough to the PC: Apparatus Innovation and the History of Chemisty. SmithKline Beecham Symposium on Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Hershey, PA.
Honors & Awards
Recipient of the 2005 Edelstein Award for Outstanding Achievement in the History of Chemistry.
Member of Edelstein Awards Committee.
