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February - General
  • Manuscript: LP, "The Nature of the Chemical Bond." [LP Manuscripts of Article, 1931a.1]


February 1
  • AHP writes cheque to: General Contract Purchase Corporation amount $23.30
  • AHP writes cheque to: Southern California Telephone Co. amount $2.90
  • AHP writes cheque to: City of Pasadena amount $3.52
  • AHP writes cheque to: City of Pasadena amount $2.83
  • AHP writes cheque to: Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Co. amount $11.56
  • AHP writes cheque to: Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Co. amount $9.43
  • AHP writes cheque to: Los Angeles Gas and Electric Company amount $2.69
  • AHP writes cheque to: May company amount $10
  • AHP writes cheque to: Mr. William D. Crane amount $100
  • AHP writes cheque to: Encyclopedia Britannica, Inc. amount $16.30


February 2
  • AHP writes cheque to: William Saylor amount $5
  • AHP writes cheque to: MacMarr Stores, Inc. amount $5


February 3
  • Letter from LP to W. A. Noyes RE: Declines his invitation to prepare a monograph for the A. C. S. series because he has promised to write a book on the subject for McGraw-Hill. [Noyes' letter to LP 1931-01-29] [Filed under N: Individual Correspondence, Box #267]
  • Letter from LP to Vernon Kellogg, Permanent Secretary, National Research Council RE: LP requests that the enclosed forms which were not attached to his grant application by clerical oversight be attached at this time. [Kellogg's last letter 1931-01-22; Kellogg's next letter 1931-02-07][LP Science Box 14.027, Folder 2]


February 6
  • AHP writes cheque to: F. C. Nash & Company amount $30


February 7
  • Letter from Vernon Kellogg, Permanent Secretary, National Research Council to LP RE: Acknowledges LP's note of 1931-02-03 and informs him that his grant application is on the Committee agenda fortheir meeting next week and he will see that the formal application LP has just sent is presented to them.[LP's letter to Kellogg 1931-02-03; Kellogg's next letter 1931-02-13] [LP Science Box 14.027, Folder 2]
  • AHP writes cheque to: Mrs. M. M. Fillmore amount $10
  • AHP writes cheque to: Golden State Company, Ltd. amount $8.88


February 9
  • LP writes cheque to: Security First National Bank of Los Angeles amount $125
  • LP writes cheque to: American Chemical Society amount $15


February 10
  • Peter Jeffress Pauling born


February 11
  • Letter from LP to Prof. Arthur B. Lamb, Laboratory of Chemistry, Harvard College RE: LP submits the paper "The Nature of the Chemical Bond" for publication in The Journal of the American Chemical Society. LP realizes the paper is longer than those usually published in the Journal but it is not review, almost all the work discussed is original. If the JACS cannot publish the paper promptly, LP will submit it to the Physical Review or another journal in which it will be published quickly. [LP Science Box 14.002, Folder 1]


February 13
  • Letter from Vernon Kellogg, Permanent Secretary, National Research Council to LP RE: LP's grant request for $1000 has been approved. [Kellogg's previous letter 1931-02-07; LP's reply 1931-03-06] [LPScience Box 14.027, Folder 2]


February 16
  • LP writes cheque to: Mrs. M. M. Fillmore amount $10


February 17
  • LP. The Nature of the Chemical Bond. Application of Results Obtained from the Quantum Mechanics and from a Theory of Paramagnetic Susceptibility to the Structure of Molecules. Journal of the American Chemical Society 53: 1367-1400. Received for publication 1931-02-17, published 1931-04-06.


February 20
  • LP writes cheque to: Pasadena Hospital Association amount $79.60


February 21
  • LP writes cheque to: Pashgian Brothers amount $25


February 24
  • LP writes cheque to: Pasadena Hospital Association amount $47.95
  • LP writes cheque to: Sanitary Laundry amount $2.02
  • LP writes cheque to: American Chemical Society amount $1.20


February 25
  • AHP writes cheque to: Mrs. M. M. Fillmore amount $10


February 28
  • LP writes cheque to: MacMarr amount $15
  • AHP writes cheque to: Herbold's amount $15


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