Letter from Linus Pauling to Charles Coryell. July 31, 1940. Page 1  Larger Images / More Information. 1 p.  View Transcript

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• Letter from Jerome Alexander to LP RE: Asks for a reprint of LP's paper with Dr. Delbruck in the July 26th issue of SCIENCE. Outlines some thoughts he has had on catalysis, using the example of a foil-pressed coin copy to relate to molecular duplication processes in antibodies. Also mentions his articles and book that are at the Caltech library. [Filed under LP Correspondence: Box #6.1, file:(Alexander, Jerome 1940-1954)]
• Letter from LP to C. L. Lo, President, National Central University [Chungking, China], RE: Recommends that Dr. Chia-Si Lu be allowed to remain another six months at Caltech. Adds that he will be given a Post-doctorate research fellowship, complete his research, and attend advanced lectures by LP and Sturdivant on x-ray crystallography. [Filed under LP Correspondence: Box #218.7, file:(Lu, Chia-Si)]
• Letter from LP to Charles Coryell. [Letter from Coryell to LP July 25, 1940] [Filed under LP Correspondence: Box #68.2, file:(Coryell, Charles D., 1928, 1936-1941, 1945, 1948-1950, 1954, 1956-1958, 1960-1963, 1968-1970)]

  July 31, 1940

  Dr. Charles D. Coryell

  Department of Chemistry

  University of California

  Los Angeles, California

  Dear Charles:

  I am glad to see your manuscript, which seems completely satisfactory to me. The nature of the apparent hepta coordination complexes is indeed puzzling, and I hope that we shall ultimately know just what those structures are. On page 4 I think two commas should be deleted, one after "solid", second line, second paragraph and one after "ion", second line, third paragraph. On page 6, the multiplication sign in parentheses has been omitted. On page 27, third paragraph, the word "part" should be "parts" or "values of the part".

  I have been telling Webb that it is necessary to correct the paramagnetisms of dissolved oxygen, the calculated correction being 0.05 milligrams. Webb asked why we hadn't mentioned this correction in our papers and I said that I was sure that we had considered it, yet I do not find mention of it in the papers. What do you remember about it?

  With best regards, I am

  Sincerely yours,

  Linus Pauling

  LP:jr

• Letter from LP to Dr. L.W. Han RE: Recommends that Dr. Chia-Si Lu be allowed to remain another six months at Caltech. Adds that he will be given a Post-doctorate research fellowship, complete his research, and attend advanced lectures by LP and Sturdivant on x-ray crystallography. [Letter from Han to LP September 3, 1940] [Filed under LP Correspondence: Box #218.7, file:(Lu, Chia-Si)]
• Letter from LP to Dr. Warren G. Lothrop, Chemistry Department, Trinity College RE: Confirms receipt of diphenylene and dimethyldiphenylene and thanks Lothrop for samples. Informs Lothrop that LP will know if a full study can be made in a few weeks. [Letter from Lothrop to LP July 23, 1940] [Filed under LP Correspondence: Box #230.6, File: (L: Correspondence, 1940)]
• Letter from LP to Mr. James L. Simpson RE: Regrets that they do not have the kind of machine that Simpson described in his 7-21 letter. [Letter from James L. Simpson to Caltech July 21, 1940] [Filed under LP Correspondence: #377.10]
• Letter from LP to Mr. Patrick J. Miller RE: Responds to letter of July 27 and regrets that he has no information of the sort requested. [Letter from Miller to LP July 27, 1940] [Filed under LP Correspondence: Box #255.7, File: (M: Correspondence 1940)]
• Letter from LP to Peter Debye RE: Regrets that they have no opening for Dr. Sack at Caltech, although LP also feels he is a capable researcher. States that he will be in Washington in April and hopes to see Debye then. [Letter from Debye to LP July 25, 1904] [Filed under LP Correspondence Box: #90.1, file:(Debye, Peter: Correspondence, Reprints, 1930-1950, 1961)]
• Letter from LP to Reinhold Publishing Co. RE: Asks if it is Reinhold's policy to provide copies of monographs to the Editorial Board of the American Chemical Society Monographs. States it would be convenient if he was provided with the monographs. [Letter from LP to Reinhold Publishing Co. December 14, 1940] [Filed under LP Correspondence: #340.5]
• Letter from LP to U.S. Department of Labor, Immigration and Naturalization Service, RE: Informs them that Dr. Chia-Si Lu has been appointed post-doctorate Research Fellow at Caltech from August 1-1940 through January 31, 1941. Requests he be provided with the proper visa to allow for this extended stay. [Filed under LP Correspondence: Box #218.7, file:(Lu, Chia-Si)]
• Letter from Randolph T. Major, Director to Mr. Edward C. Barrett, Comptroller, California Institute of Technology RE: Wishes to establish a fellowship of $600 for the academic year of 1940-1941 for work under Dr. Buchman. Requests agreement. [Filed under LP Correspondence: Box #255.7, File: (M: Correspondence 1940)]
• Writes cheque to “Beulah Thomas” $30 [LP Biographical: Business and Financial 4.072, folder 72.1]