Letter from Linus Pauling to Hans Kuhn. July 21, 1952. Page 1  Larger Images / More Information. 1 p.  View Transcript

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Activity Listings

• Letter from LP [signed in his absence by BW] to Dr. D. R. Stein RE: in answer to Dr. Stein's letter, says that he feels the inclusion of the limited amount of analytical chemistry in the Gmelin volume would be desirable. [Letter from Dr. Stein to LP May 24, 1952] [Filed under LP Correspondence: Box #378, Folder #6].
• Letter from LP [signed in his absence by BW] to Dr. J.E. Mayer RE: in answer to Dr. Mayer's letter, writes that they would like to have Ilya Prigogine give a talk in their seminar at Caltech. [Letter from Dr. J. E. Mayer to LP July 11, 1952] [Filed under LP Correspondence: Box #309, Folder #9 File: (Prigogine, Ilya)].
• Letter from LP [signed in his absence by BW] to Dr. N. Uri of the Institute of Radiobiology and Biophysics RE: in response to Dr. Uri's letter of May 27, 1952, he regrets to say that there is no summer school offered at Caltech. Invites him to visit the institute. [related letter from Carl Niemann to Dr. Uri August 4, 1952] [Filed under LP Correspondence: Box #421, Folder #11].
• Letter from LP [signed in his absence by BW] to Mrs. Betty Brown Park RE: was glad to have his letter and has written to Senators Douglas, Humphrey and perhaps Hennings and Maybank also. Discusses the matter involving these men and his passport issue. Tells of his travel plans and discusses his children. [Filed under: LP Correspondence: Box #312, Folder #17]
• Letter from LP [signed in his absence by Beatrice Wulf] to Dr. Hans Kuhn. [Letter from Dr. Kuhn to LP June 14, 1952]

  21 July 1952

  Dr. Hans Kuhn

  Physikalisch-Chemische Anstalt

  Universitat

  Basel

  Switzerland

  Dear Dr. Kuhn:

  I feel that I am responsible for the misunderstanding about the square of the bond strengths. I am pretty sure that I discussed with you the matter of using the squares of the bond strengths, rather than the first powers; but what I had in mind was that the bond energy should be proportional to the sum of the squares of the bond strengths of the two orbitals perhaps with different coefficients, but not to the product of the squares - that is, I had in mind either the sum of the squares, or the product of the first powers. At any rate, some time ago I carried out a rather extensive set of calculations trying to decide which of these two alternatives was the better.

  I don't think that any great harm has been done.

  I would also say that I still do not know which of these two treatments is the better one.

  My wife and I are leaving for Paris, and after two weeks there we shall go to England for a month. I am sorry that we do not have any plans to come to Switzerland.

  Cordially yours,

  Dictated by Linus Pauling

  Signed in his absence:W

• Letter from LP [signed in his absence by Beatrice Wulf] to Dr. Junji Hashimoto RE: responds to a letter and report sent to him by Dr. Hashimoto. Says that he does not see any errors in Dr. Hashimoto's work on electrochemistry, however, he himself does not have much experience in that field. [Letter from Dr. Hashimoto to LP April 23, 1952] [Filed under H Correspondence: 1952, Box #166, Folder #3]
• Letter from LP to Barbara W. Low of University Laboratory of Physical Chemistry, Harvard RE: in response to her letter, writes that the helix that she has found is a helix that he too ran across a while back. Thanks her for mentioning his passport trouble in her letter. [Letter from Dr. Barbara W. Low to LP May 23, 1952] [Filed under LP Correspondence: Box #218, Folder #3 (Low, Barbara)].
• Letter from LP to Dr. D. M. Pahad RE: writes in answer to Dr. Pahad's letter of enquiry that unfortunately he has no experience in the manufacture of lead acid types of storage batteries and so cannot answer his question. [Note from Dr. Pahad to LP May 15, 1952] [Filed under: LP Correspondence: Box #312, Folder #17].
• Letter from LP to Mr. Makisaburo Ogasawara RE: thanks Prof. Ogasawara for his kind gift. Is sorry to learn that he has not been successful in arranging the publication of his manuscript. Sends a copy of his book The Nature of the Chemical Bond. [Note from Prof. Ogasawara to LP April 13, 1952, note of response from Prof. Ogasawara to LP July 29, 1952] [Filed under O: Correspondence 1952, Box #300, Folder #14]
• Letter from LP to Mrs. Ethel B. Socolar RE: although his plans have changed, he is still quite busy and unable to speak before the Faculty-Graduate Committee for Peace. [Letter from Mrs. Socolar to LP May 28, 1952] [Filed under LP Correspondence: Box #378, Folder #6].
• Letter from LP to Ms. Barbara J. Boudreaux RE: Indicates that Ms. Bourdreaux's letter has been referred to him for reply. Is not aware of anyone studying the treatment of angina pectoris with the drug Betasyamin at Caltech, suggests consulting a physician or druggist for information on it. [Letter to Caltech from Ms. Boudreaux July 7, 1952] [Filed under B: Correspondence 1952, Box #37, Folder #19]
• Letter from Prof. K. Freudenberg to LP RE: writes that he would be pleased to lecture in Pasadena in October. [previous letter from LP to Prof. Freudenberg June 17, 1952, following letter from Prof. Freudenberg to LP August 9, 1952] [Filed under LP Correspondence: Box #121, Folder #5 (Freudenberg, Karl)].
• Letter from Walter Scott to LP RE: sends a copy of an incomplete paper on "A Mechanism of the Sodium Thiosulfate- Iodine Reaction." Requests some information on the electronegativities of oxygen and sulfur. Goes on to ask several questions pertaining to the paper and ends with a request for suggestions from LP. [copy of paper included with letter] [follow-up letter from Walter Scott to LP October 6, 1952] [Filed under LP Correspondence: Box #378, Folder #6].
• Photo: Baird Hastings (in spectacles), Mrs. Hastings (in black dress), Ava Helen Pauling, and Linus Pauling at the Paris Opera, after attending the Deuxieme Congres International de Biochemie. Remaining individuals in photo are unidentified. Paris, France. July 21-27, 1952. Photo courtesy of Hallery Reproduction Publication Interdites. Black and white print. [Filed under LP Photographs: 1952i.2]
• Program, [In French] “Symposium sur la biogenese des proteines” July 21-27. [Filed under LP Speeches: (Speeches by Linus Pauling, 1952), Box 1952s, Folder 1952s.9]