Georg Lunge papers, 1859-1925.

Format:

Other

Author/Creator:

Lunge, Georg, 1839-1923, creator.

Language:

English

French

German

Subjects (All):

Chemistry.

Chemistry--Study and teaching.

Genre:

Correspondence.

Writings (document genre)

Penn Provenance:

Sold by Andrew Hunter Rare Books.

Physical Description:

1 box (0.2 linear foot)

Arrangement:

Organized into 4 series: I. Publications on the profession of chemistry; II. Personal material; III. Certificates and birthday greetings; and IV. Photographs.

Place of Publication:

1859-1925.

Language Note:

In German, with some material in English and French.

Biography/History:

Georg Lunge was a German-Swiss chemist who lived and studied in Prussia (Wrocław/ Breslau), Baden (Heidelberg), England (near Newcastle) and Switzerland (Zurich). He was born in 1839 in Breslau, the son of the merchant Heinrich Lunge and Amalie Lunge. In 1859, he completed his doctoral thesis at the University of Breslau on De fermentatione alcoholica. Afterwards, he worked for a year at the University of Heidelberg. After a brief return to Silesia, he became, in 1865, director of a soda factory near Newcastle, where he met his future wife. The marriage took place in 1869 and ended in divorce in 1895. In 1876, Lunge was appointed professor of technical chemistry at the Swiss Federal Polytechnic School in Zurich. He was also appointed to be the head of the chemical-technical laboratory. Lunge ended his teaching career in 1907, but remained scientifically active until 1916. In addition to his research, he was involved in several chemical associations and societies. Lunge died in Switzerland on January 3, 1923 at the age of 83. Lunge's main scientific interest was the field of inorganic chemistry. He had studied under Carl Löwig and Ferdinand Cohn in Breslau and Gustav Kirchhoff and Robert Bunsen in Heidelberg. His book publications include: Handbuch der sodaindustrie und ihre Nebenzweige, Theoretical and practical treatise of the manufacture of sulfuric acid and alkali, and Chemisch-technische untersuchungsmethoden. Fritz Haber, winner of the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1918, was one of Lunge's scientific assistants at the Polytechnic School in Zurich.

Summary:

The collection consists primarily of offprints of scientific articles, magazine and newspaper publications by Georg Lunge which were printed between 1859 and 1907. The collected publications are mainly in German, some are written in English or French. They cover a wide range of topics in chemistry, ranging from the study of individual chemical elements and substances, chemical processes, apparatus and devices, to topics such as the chemical industry in Northern America, work safety and education issues. The collection further includes a number of book reviews, expert reports, society and association reports as well as obituaries. Lunge published some of these papers together with other colleagues. In addition to the articles, the collection also contains a small amount of correspondence and personal material. These include letters to editors of journals, newspaper clippings on the topics of Jewish life and anti-Semitism and Lunge's speech manuscript for the banquet of the Congress of Applied Chemistry in Paris in 1900. The collection also includes certificates and letters addressed to Lunge and written on the occasion of the awarding of honorary memberships in associations or congratulations on a milestone birthday. There are also black and white photographs from Geneva, dated 1925, which show the city and the equipment of a laboratory. The publications were collected and saved by Lunge. Some complete journals and offprints have been preserved. In many cases, however, articles were cut out of magazines and newspapers. Some of these are items are fragile, mostly due to folds and the poor quality of the paper.

OCLC:

1450167782