History

Alchemist's Corner
Covers computational chemistry and some history of chemistry.
http://www.geocities.com/alchemistrial/

A and B Scott Science History
History of development of atomic theory and periodic table; links from each scientist named to primary sources and more extensive biographical material.
http://members.optusnet.com.au/scottsofta/

Atomic Structure Timeline
Presents the history of discoveries about the structure of matter. Created by Lee Buescher, Science Department, Watertown High School, Watertown, Wisconsin.
http://atomictimeline.net/

Beckman Center
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.
http://www.chemheritage.org/about/about-nav2.html

Biographies of Famous Chemists
Links to biographies of over 200 people who have advanced and refined the field of chemistry. A section of the WWW Virtual Library.
http://www.liv.ac.uk/Chemistry/Links/refbiog.html

Case Histories of Drug Discovery
Society for Medicines Research symposium, "Case Histories of Drug Discovery," now available online RealAudio webcast.
http://www.prous.com/smr99/

The Chemical Heritage Foundation
A non-profit foundation dedicated to preserving and making known the history of the chemical sciences.
http://www.chemheritage.org/

Classic Chemistry
Provides texts of several classic papers from the history of chemistry and links to related sites. Maintained by Carmen Giunta of Le Moyne College.
http://webserver.lemoyne.edu/faculty/giunta/

Classic Papers from the History of Chemistry
Virtual library for the history of science, technology and medicine. Includes the full-text of more than 30 articles by authors including Priestley, Faraday, Davy, Rutherford and Thomson. Also a few historical and biographical articles, and a fairly extensive photo gallery.
http://dbhs.wvusd.k12.ca.us/webdocs/Chem-History/Classic-Papers-Menu.html

Detergent Chemistry: History
A history of synthetic detergents and of the synthetic detergent industry.
http://www.chemistry.co.nz/deterghistory.htm

Early Ideas in the History of Quantum Chemistry.
Biographies of people involved in the early ideas of quantum chemistry, including interviews with fifteen of these people.
http://www.quantum-chemistry-history.com/

Elemental and Molecular Heritage: An Internet-Based Display
A heavily hyperlinked "virtual museum" showing samples (and explaining the historical value) of chemicals, compounds, or elements which were made in the lab well over 100 years ago.
http://www.unibas.ch/mdpi/molecules/papers/30300094/30300094.htm

The History and Chemistry of Murexide Dye
Text derived from Scheele, Prout, Liebig and Wohler.
http://www.chriscooksey.demon.co.uk/murexide/

History and Philosophy of Alchemy
"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.
http://www.levity.com/alchemy/home.html

History of Chemical Engineering
A chemical engineering timeline, with digressions into other topics as a reference in time.
http://www.cems.umn.edu/~aiche_ug/history/h_time.html

The History of Chemical Engineering
Includes an introduction to chemical engineering and a brief history of the profession.
http://www.cems.umn.edu/~aiche_ug/history/h_intro.html

Lichen Purple
The history and chemistry of orcein, orchil, litmus, parelle and French purple with extensive bibliography.
http://www.chriscooksey.demon.co.uk/lichen/

National Historic Chemical Landmarks
Key discoveries and places, compiled by the American Chemical Society.
http://center.acs.org/landmarks/

Nobel Prizes in Chemistry
A listing of Nobel Prize winners in chemistry from 1901 to 1999.
http://userpage.chemie.fu-berlin.de/diverse/bib/nobel_chemie_e.html

Othmer Library of Chemical History
sources from the 16th century on the history of the chemical sciences and technologies.
http://othmerlib.chemheritage.org/

Radioactivity: Historical Figures
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.
http://www.accessexcellence.org/AE/AEC/CC/historical_background.html

Rediscovery of the Elements
Photo tour of the places in Europe and North America where each of the chemical elements was first discovered.
http://www.jennymarshall.com/rediscovery1.htm

Schoenberg Center for Electronic Text and Image
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.
http://www.library.upenn.edu/etext/smith/

Selected Classic Papers from the History of Chemistry
Extensive collection of interesting and important papers.
http://web.lemoyne.edu/~giunta/papers.html

Society for the History of Alchemy and Chemistry (SHAC)
Information on how to join the Society, its activities, journal and conferences.
http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/HST/SHAC/index.html

This Week in Chemical History
Annotated calendar noting both the people and the events related to various dates.
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