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History of chemistry worldwide

History of chemistry worldwide

History of Chemistry Worldwide

EuChemS: European Chemical Society
Working Party on History of Chemistry

German Chemical Society (GDCh)
Division of History of Chemistry

Society of Austrian Chemists (GÖCH)
Working Group History of Chemistry

Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
Historical Group

Koninklijke Nederlandse Chemische Vereniging (KNCV)
Chemie Historische Groep

Koninklijke Vlaamse Chemische Vereniging (KVCV)
Section History and Philosophy of Chemistry / Sectie Historiek en Filosofie

Swedish Chemical Society
Kemihistoriska nämnden

Norwegian Chemical Society (NKS)
Faggruppe for kjemiens historie

Spanish Royal Society of Chemistry (RSEQ)
Grupo Especializado de Historia de la Ciencia (GEHCi)
Grupo Especializado de Didáctica e Historia de la Física y la Química

American Chemical Society (ACS)
Division of the History of Chemistry

The Society for the History of Alchemy and Chemistry (SHAC)
Facebook & Twitter/X & Instagram: @SHACorg
YouTube: @societyforhistoryofalchemy1398

French Society for the History of Chemistry (SFHC)

Gruppo Nazionale di Fondamenti e Storia della Chimica (GNFSC)

Danish Society for Historical Chemistry

The Japanese Society for the History of Chemistry – Kagakushi Gakkai

Justus Liebig Society

Wilhelm Ostwald Society

Berzelius Society (Berzelius Society)

Commission on the History of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences
International Union of History and Philosophy of Science: Division of History of Science and Technology (IUHPS/DHST)

Science History Institute (Philadelphia)
Facebook & Twitter/X & Instagram: @SciHistoryOrg

Beckman Center for the History of Chemistry (Philadelphia)

Oesper Collections in the History of Chemistry (Cincinnati)

Liebig Museum + Laboratorium (Gießen)
Twitter/X & YouTube: @liebigmuseum

Sites

Chemical Landmarks (Swiss Academy of Sciences)

Chemical Landmarks (RSC Blue Plaques)

National Historic Chemical Landmarks (ACS)

Achievements

Citation for Chemical Breakthrough Awards (ACS Division of the History of Chemistry)

Chemical Heritage Programme 化学遺産 [Kagaku isan] (The Chemical Society of Japan)

AMBIX: The Journal of the Society for the History of Alchemy and Chemistry – ISSN 0002-6980
Twitter: @AmbixtheJournal

Bulletin for the History of Chemistry: ACS Division of the History of Chemistry – ISSN 1053-4385

Mitteilungen: German Chemical Society: Division of History of Chemistry – ISSN 0934-8506

Historical Group Newsletter: Royal Society of Chemistry – ISSN 2050-0432

Faraday: Boletín de Física y Chímica: Grupo Especializado de Didáctica e Historia de la Física y la Química – ISSN 2990-0271

Chemical Intelligence: Society for the History of Alchemy and Chemistry (SHAC)

Substantia : An International Journal of the History of Chemistry – ISSN 2532-3997

Kagakushi: The Journal of the Japanese Society for the History of Chemistry – ISSN 0386-9512

Distillations Magazine: Science History Institute – ISSN 2375-9801

CHEM-HIST

OLDENBURG: History of Science in Germany

RETE: History of Scientific Instruments

Selected Classic Papers from the History of Chemistry

Henry C. Bolton, A Select Bibliography of Chemistry, 1492-1892 (Washington 1893)

John Ferguson, Bibliotheca Chemica (Glasgow 1906) - vol. 1 - vol. 2

Collected Bibliography History & Philosophy of Chemistry

The Robert Boyle Project

The Chymistry of Isaac Newton

Panopticon Lavoisier

Hans Hübner (1837-1884)

Linus Pauling Papers

Instruments for Science, 1800–1914: Chemistry

Reports of the Association of Laboratory Directors at German Universities (people search)

Chemistry Tree : The Academic Genealogy of Chemistry Researchers

Lives in Chemistry / Lives in Chemistry
Twitter/X: @livesinchem

Alchemy Network - Gotha Research Centre - University of Erfurt ​​​​​​​