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December - General
  • "The second paper, "Eigenfunctions for Chemical Bonds," contains the first hybridization calculations made in detail. These calculations were made, I believe, in December, 1930, in the library at 1745 Arden Road. The results were published in the first paper of the Chemical Bond, JACS 53, 1367 (1931), mailed to the editor about February 15, 1931, and published April 6, 1931. This treatment of hybridized bond orbitals has found wide application." [Signed Linus Pauling, December 31, 1950] [Filed under LP Science Box 3.002, Folder 2]


December 1
  • LP writes cheque to: Pashgian Brothers amount $259.25
  • AHP writes cheque to: Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Company amount $14.43
  • Letter from S. Goudsmit to LP RE: Apologizes to LP for not writing sooner but thanks him very much for the letter he wrote the McGraw Hill Book Co and compliments him on its result. Explains that he has been very busy working on the very problem which they had discussed previously. [Filed under: LP Books, 1930b.4]


December 2
  • LP writes cheque to: George B. Peagram, Treasurer, Sigma Xi amount $130
  • AHP writes cheque to: Mrs. M. M. Fillmore amount $10


December 3
  • Letter from LP to Prof. Noyes RE: LP recommends the appointment of Dr. Boris Pddolsky as Research Fellow in Physical Chemistry for the period of 1930-12-15 to 1931-06-15 at a stipend of $100 to carry out an accurate numerical solution of the wave equation for the normal state of the hydrogen molecule. [LP Science Box 14.037, Folder 2]
  • AHP writes cheque to: Champlain and Bowman amount $5
  • AHP writes cheque to: City of Pasadena amount $5.04
  • AHP writes cheque to: City of Pasadena amount $3.09
  • AHP writes cheque to: Los Angeles Gas and Electric Corporation amount $1.96
  • AHP writes cheque to: Leo G. MacLaughlin Co., Inc. amount $10.50
  • AHP writes cheque to: F. C. Nash Company amount $37.43
  • AHP writes cheque to: Southern California Telephone Company amount $4.53
  • AHP writes cheque to: Mr. William D. Crane amount $95


December 4
  • Letter from LP to Vernon Kellogg, Secretary, National Research Council RE: LP wishes to apply for a renewal of the grant of $900 for 1931-32. [Kellogg's reply 1930-12-11] [LP Science Box 14.027, Folder 2]


December 5
  • HP writes cheque to: General Contract Purchase Corporation amount $23.30
  • AHP writes cheque to: The Athenaeum amount $1.50
  • AHP writes cheque to: Pasadena Tuberculosis Association amount $1
  • AHP writes cheque to: The May Co. amount $10


December 6
  • Letter from A. R. Goldfarb to LP RE: Goldfarb would like to work and study at CIT and wonders what his chances of acceptance are.[LP's reply to Goldfarb 1930-12-13] [Filed under G: Individual Correspondence, Box #130]
  • AHP writes cheque to: William Saylor amount $7.50
  • AHP writes cheque to: Mrs. M. M. Fillmore amount $10


December 9
  • Letter from Edward Mack, Ohio State University to LP RE: Mack regrets that LP cannot come to OSU for a quarter in 1931-32. Thanks him for the reprints he sent and informs LP that he is welcome to rework the iodine parameter values. Mack hopes to begin work on tunnel crystals this spring. [Filed under M: Correspondence 1930, Box #244]
  • AHP writes cheque to: Mrs. Fay Ellidge amount $1.40


December 10
  • AHP writes cheque to: A. C. Vroman amount $5


December 11
  • Letter from Peter Debye to LP RE: Debye refers LP to his book Polar Molecules in which he introduces the possibility of molecules with a certain freedom of rotation in the crystal lattice in light of LP's article in the Physical Review 1930 (43) on the rotational motion of molecules in crystals. [Filed under LP Correspondence: Debye, Peter, Box #88]
  • Letter from Vernon Kellogg, Permanent Secretary, National Research Council to LP RE: Acknowledgment of receipt of LP's note concerning renewal of $900 grant. He attaches blank application forms and informs LP that the next meeting of the Committee on Grants-in-Aid will be held in the middle of February and that LP needs to finish his application before then. [LP's letter to Kellogg 1930-12-04][LP Science Box 14.027, Folder 2]
  • LP writes cheque to: self amount $50
  • AHP writes cheque to: Crown Transfer and Storage Company amount $44.75


December 13
  • AHP writes cheque to: Mrs. M. M. Fillmore amount $10


December 20
  • LP Research Notebooks, RNB 08 RE: Brief note on work with Jamesonite


December 22
  • AHP writes cheque to: J. H. Biggar Furniture Co. amount $15
  • AHP writes cheque to: Golden State Milk Products Co. amount $9.35
  • LP writes cheque to: Division of Motor Vehicles amount $3


December 23
  • LP writes cheque to: Cash amount $50
  • AHP writes cheque to: Luddye Michal amount $3.50
  • LP writes cheque to: Myer Siegel amount $41.85


December 24
  • Manuscript: "Genetics: Crossing-over", December 24, 1930. [LP Science box 8.001, Folder 1]


December 27
  • AHP writes cheque to: Mrs. M. M. Fillmore amount $10


December 29
  • AHP writes cheque to: Barker Brothers, Inc. amount $46


December 30
  • LP's Final Examination in Advanced Inorganic Chemistry, Ch 175 (Grade 100) [LP Bio: Academia Box 1.010, Folder 1]


December 31
  • Letter from LP to A. R. Goldfarb RE: LP recommends that Goldfarb finish his doctorate at Chicago and come to Pasadena later as a research fellow. [Goldfarb's letter to LP 1930-12-06] [Filed under G: Individual Correspondence, Box #130]
  • Letter from AHP to Richard D. Morgan amount $10


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