Letter from Linus Pauling to Thorfin Hogness. April 26, 1939. Page 1  Larger Images / More Information. 2 pp.  View Transcript

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• LP writes cheque to: Harold C. Urey amount $1.50 [Filed under LP Biographical: Box #4.015, Folder #2]
• Letter from LP to A. R. Todd, University of Manchester RE: LP is now undecided about his Europe trip and thinks that maybe Hitler's address in a few days will make up their minds one way or the other. The Paulings are settling in their new home. LP thanks him for the comments about Zechmeister as well. [Todd's letter to LP March 15, 1939; Todd's reply to LP May 24, 1939] [Filed under LP Correspondence: Box #407, Folder #407.6]
• Letter from LP to Arthur B. Lamb, Editor, Journal of the American Chemical Society RE: LP feels that the paper "A New Concept of the Structure of Atomic Nuclei" by John Arthur Wilson only presents unfounded speculative ideas and does not merit publication. [Lamb's letter to LP April 21, 1939] [Filed under LP Science: Box #14.002, Folder #2.4]
• Letter from LP to Dr. H. J. Yearian RE: Suggesting that he write a short note, 2-3 pages, for publication as a preliminary communication of his because the existence of the phenomenon is of such significance. [Yearian's reply: May 22, 1939] [Filed under LP Correspondence: Box #460, Folder #460.2]
• Letter from LP to Dr. R. Sanger, President of the Physikalische Gesellschaft Institut fur technische Physik, RE: Encloses his requests for accommodations for the September meeting. Says that he and AHP are looking forward to their trip to Europe. Explains that he may have to withdraw from participating in the meeting for political reasons. Handwritten note by LP: "I didn't go." [Letter from Sanger to LP, April 4, 1939] [Filed under LP Personal Safe: Drawer 2, Folder 2.039, 39.50a]
• Letter from LP to H. D. Springall, The Dyson Perrins Laboratory RE: LP hopes that he saw the methylacetylene paper in the Journal of the American Chemical Society and is satisfied with it. Updates him on work in the laboratory and Albrecht and Corey's structure for glycine, as well as their new work. LP does not know if he will be able to travel to Europe this summer. [Springall's letter to LP February 21, 1939; Springall's reply to LP May 23, 1939] [Filed under LP Correspondence: Box #367, Folder #367.6]
• Letter from LP to Henry Eyring, Princeton University RE: LP looks forward to seeing him in Milwaukee and Chicago in June, but he may not be present for his paper on Friday in Chicago. He also met a friend of Eyring's, Thomas F. Preston, recently. [Filed under LP Correspondence: Box #110, Folder #110.7]
• Letter from LP to Professor A. R. Todd RE: LP informs Todd that due the situation in Europe he is still undecided if he should make the trip. If so, he hopes to arrive in England early in July. Thanks Todd for his comments regarding Zechmeister. [Todd's reply: May 24, 1939] [Filed under LP Correspondence: Box #407, Folder #407.6]
• Letter from LP to T. H. Morgan, CIT RE: LP thanks him for the letter and payment concerning materials misappropriated from the stockroom. [Morgan's letter to LP April 25, 1939] [Filed under: LP Correspondence: Box #248, Folder #248.15]
• Letter from LP to Thorfin R. Hogness, University of Chicago. [Hogness' letter April 18, 1939; Hogness' reply May 2, 1939] [Filed under LP Correspondence: Box #162, Folder #162.5]

  April 26, 1939

  Professor T. H. Hogness

  Department of Chemistry

  University of Chicago

  Chicago, Illinois

  Dear Thorfin:

  I am sorry that I have delayed so long in writing you about your manuscript, which I am returning enclosed. I found the manuscript very interesting, and Drs. Coryell and Davies have also read it and made some suggestions. I forgot that you would return to Chicago from the Baltimore meeting before the boys who went to Baltimore from here would get hack, and so I delayed overly long in writing to you.

  Your results are extremely interesting and I think that the change in the values of the interaction with change in salt concentration is especially interesting and difficult to interpret.

  Coryell, Dodson, and I have sent some time ago a paper to the Journal of Physical Chemistry on hemoglobin in which there is a re-derivation of the oxygen equilibrium expression. This was accompanied by another paper by Coryell in which he discussed the use of Hill's equation and the value of Hill's n in determining the value of α from empirical data. I am enclosing a letter from Coryell in which he makes some remarks about your paper. The remark about one acid group rather than two per heme needs some explanation. In ay paper on oxygen equilibrium of hemoglobin I said that the experimental data did not fit the theoretical equation for one acid group per heme but did fit that for two acid groups per heme. Coryell discovered some time ago that actually both equations fit about equally well, and that I must have made a numerical error when I was trying to apply the one acid group equation.

  Professor T. R. Hogness -2- Aprll 26, 1939

  It seems probable that there is only one acid group per heme effective in this particular pH range.

  Ava Helen and I are planning to be in Chicago from June 24th on for a few days, at the time of your symposium and we are looking forward to seeing you then.

  With best regards, I am

  Sincerely yours,

  Linus Pauling

  LP/jr

• Letter from LP to W. L. Bragg, Cavendish Laboratory RE: LP hopes that Bragg will be able to visit CIT during his time in the U.S. and updates Bragg on Levy's current work. [Bragg's letter March 31, 1939; LP's next letter May 26, 1939] [Filed under LP Correspondence: Box #30, Folder #30.1]