Letter from Linus Pauling to H.D. Springall. July 19, 1939. Page 1  Larger Images / More Information. 2 pp.  View Transcript

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Activity Listings

• Letter from LP to A. R. Todd, Manchester University RE: LP and AHP have decided not to travel to Europe. Work in LP's lab. is progressing nicely. [Todd's letter to LP May 24, 1939; Todd's reply to LP July 28, 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 recommends that the paper by Poppick and Lehrman on the "Parachor of Aluminum Bromide in Benzene" be not accepted for publication in its present form. [Filed under LP Science: Box #14.002, Folder #2.4]
• Letter from LP to E. Bright Wilson, Jr., Harvard University to LP RE: LP thanks him for his letters. They have decided not to admit Lois Joyce to the laboratory. LP is glad to have his remarks on the chemical bond book in order to improve the second edition. He also congratulates him on his promotion to Associate Professor. [Wilson's letter to LP July 3, 1939; Wilson's next letter to LP November 8, 1939] [Filed under LP Correspondence: Box #438, Folder #438.5]
• Letter from LP to George L. Clark, University of Illinois RE: Thanking him for letter regarding Lois Joyce. [Clark's letter June 12, 1939] [Filed under LP Correspondence: Box #66, Folder #66.2]
• Letter from LP to H. D. Springall, Lincoln College, Oxford, England. [Springall's last letter to LP July 17, 1939] [Filed under LP Correspondence: Box #367, Folder #367.6]

  July 19, 1939

  Dr. H. D. Springall

  Lincoln College

  Oxford, England

  The stibine complex arrived safely, but because of my absence from the laboratory for a month on a trip by car to Chicago and neighboring points it has not yet been photographed. My wife and I drove to meetings at Madison, Milwaukee, and Chicago and then returned by way of the Black Hills, Yellowstone, and the Grand Teton National Park. We spend several days in the Teton's climbing, and enjoyed ourselves immensely, although after our final climb we were so stiff that we could not walk for a couple of days. We climbed up Cascade Canyon, intending to have a swim in Lake Solitude, but on arriving there found that the Lake was frozen over. We had planned to go over the Divide and down Paintbrush Canyon, but were stopped by snow on the switchback up the Cirque.

  We are hard at work now on plans for getting our crystal structure and electron diffraction calculations made by machine, probably by a punched card machine.

  The point you raise in your letter of May 23 regarding strain in the resonance hybrids of methylacetylene is well taken. Apparently the inhibiting effect of the strain is not great enough to eliminate phenomenon, however.

  I think that Sutherland's low force constant for the central bond in diacetylene must be in error.

  Since returning from Chicago I have not yet found out from Kossiakoff how the dibromohydrindene and tetralene work is coming along. We shall write

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  to you about it later. Kossiakoff is studying all of the five bromine compounds which you list.

  Eyster's name is Eugene H. Eystsr, Physics Department, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan. We saw him in Madison, and found that he was feeling all right, although of course the loss of a couple of fingers on the right hand is no small matter.

  I am sorry that we had to reach the decision not to come to England this summer, and I hope that our European trip is not delayed indefinitely.

  Sincerely yours,

  LP/jr

• Letter from LP to H. O. Jenkins RE: LP is happy to serve as a recommendation for Jenkins on his application for a fellowship at Jesus College, Oxford. [Jenkins' letter to LP June 8, 1939] [Filed under LP Correspondence: Box #192, Folder #192.6]
• Letter from LP to Lois Joyce RE: LP informs Joyce that an exception cannot be made in her case to the regulation that women who have not received a Ph.D. are not to be admitted for work in the Laboratories. [LP's last letter to Joyce June 7, 1939] [Filed under LP Correspondence: Box #192, Folder #192.6]
• Letter from LP to N. P. Nies, Western Reserve University RE: LP has recommended him for a position at U. of Alabama and he should write to the Dean there if interested. [Nies' reply to LP July 24, 1939] [Filed under LP Correspondence: Box #287, Folder #287.6]
• Letter from LP to Professor A. R. Todd RE: LP regrets to say that he will not be coming to Europe this summer due to obligations in the laboratory and the political unrest is Europe. [Todd's last letter: May 24, 1939, Todd's next letter: July 28, 1939] [Filed under LP Correspondence: Box #407, Folder #407.6]
• Letter from LP to Stewart J. Lloyd, University of Alabama RE: LP recommends N. P. Nies for the position of instructor of phys. chem. at U. of A. [Lloyd's letter June 26, 1939] [Filed under LP Correspondence: Box #287, Folder #287.6]
• Letter from LP to Thornton C. Fry RE: LP has now looked into using the IBMs to calculate the Fourier series and feels that they could handle all their calculating problems easily and efficiently. [Fry's letter to LP July 6, 1939; LP's letter to IBM July 26, 1939] [Filed under LP Correspondence: Box #368, Folder #368.5]
• Letter from W. A. Noyes to Professors Clark, Fieser, Lind and LP RE: Noyes speaks about Dr. Harold J. Blum's manuscript and the possibility of publication. [Filed under LP Correspondence: Box #279, Folder #279.4]
• Memo from W. A. Noyes to LP, Clark, Fieser, Lind, Turner RE: Asking whether they are willing to publish a book by H. J. Blum on "Photodynamic Action and Disease." [LP's last letter to Noyes June 7, 1939; Noyes' next letter to LP July 28, 1939] [Filed under LP Correspondence: Box #279, Folder #279.4]