Letter from Linus Pauling to A.M. Ewing October 15, 1957. Page 1  Larger Images / More Information. 1 p.  View Transcript

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• Check from AHP to Ronald R. Shreve for $14.28. [Filed under LP Biographical: (Business and Financial: Bank Statements and Canceled Checks, February 1956-December 1957), Box #4.024, Folder #24.2]
• Check from AHP to Southern Counties Gas Company for $5.24. [Filed under LP Biographical: (Business and Financial: Bank Statements and Canceled Checks, February 1956-December 1957), Box #4.024, Folder #24.2] [Also filed under LP Biographical: (Business and Financial: Check Registers, 1957-1962), Box #4.076, Folder #76.1]
• Check from AHP to Standard Oil Co. Of California for $50.95. [Filed under LP Biographical: (Business and Financial: Bank Statements and Canceled Checks, February 1956-December 1957), Box #4.024, Folder #24.2] [Also filed under LP Biographical: (Business and Financial: Check Registers, 1957-1962), Box #4.076, Folder #76.1]
• Check from AHP to The Progressive for $10.00. [Filed under LP Biographical: (Business and Financial: Bank Statements and Canceled Checks, February 1956-December 1957), Box #4.024, Folder #24.2] [Also filed under LP Biographical: (Business and Financial: Check Registers, 1957-1962), Bo #4.076, Folder #76.1]
• Handwritten note from Dr. A.R. Verna, Department of Physics at the University of Delhi, to LP, RE: Encloses and describes 5 photomicrographs for LP to use in his book, The Nature of the Chemical Bond. [Letter from LP to Verna, September 27, 1957] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (V: Correspondence, 1933-19690, Box #427, Folder #427.17]
• Letter from Beatrice Wulf to Arthur Stinson, CBS RE: Apologizes for him not receiving LP's earlier telegram, sends him a copy, and states that the address was probably not right. [Telegram from Mr. Stinson to LP October 15, 1957] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (S: Correspondence, 1957), #380.1]
• Letter from Domingo Palacios Riea to LP RE: Written in Spanish. Discusses his views on God as related to science. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (V: Correspondence, 1956), #427.16]
• Letter from Dr. Ralph Pressman to LP RE: Explains that he too doubts psychic phenomena and only mentioned it as a way to approach LP. Asks again whether he has any job openings. Includes a copy of his resume and an article about him. Handwritten note: "not to be answered." [Letter from LP to Dr. Pressman October 4, 1957] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (P: Correspondence, 1957), #313.5]
• Letter from G.W. Salisbury, Head of Department, College of Agriculture, University of Illinois Urbana to Professor Ray D. Owen, Division of Biology, CIT RE: Discusses some research that he and one of his graduate students (Donald Shreffler) have been doing concerning cattle and blood. Explains that as a result Shreffler would like to study at CIT in genetics as well as chemistry. Asks whether that is possible or not and whether any assistantships are available. Handwritten notes in top margin, "Please return to RDO" and "Dr. Pauling." [Letter from Dr. Beadle to Dr. Salisbury November 6, 1957] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (S: Correspondence, 1957), #380.1]
• Letter from LP to A.M. Ewing, Chairman, Department of Chemistry, Oklahoma City University. [Letter from Professor Ewing to LP October 9, 1957] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (E: Correspondence, 1957), #112.23]

  15 October 1957

  Professor A. M. Ewing, Chairman

  Department of Chemistry

  Oklahoma City University

  Oklahoma City 6, Oklahoma

  Dear Professor Ewing:

  I am not sure that I have understood your letter of 9 October, in which you say that Hopkins-Bailar classify scandium as IIIB. I do not see how scandium can be put in the IIIB group, inasmuch as gallium is clearly the element in IIIB, in the first long period.

  The general question that you ask as to why chemists do not get together and work out a compromise periodic chart so that books could be uniform can, I think, be answered. The periodic chart is rather arbitrary. For example, some authors show a periodic chart in which the short groups are split, usually after group II. There is in fact no reason for introducing a split in the short groups, and I have avoided having to do so, and having to decide to put the split after group II or group III, by having the short groups extend over the whole of the periodic table. The labeling of the groups is, of course, arbitrary, and arguments can be thought up on both sides of each question. Presumably in the course of time there will be a trend toward one or another of the forms of the periodic table now in use, but it may take some decades for the trend to become so definite as to lead to a universally used periodic table.

  Sincerely yours,

  Linus Pauling:w

• Letter from LP to Arthur B. Simon, W.H. Freeman & Company Publishers RE: Lists the revisions that need to be made to the reprint of General Chemistry. Includes handwritten copy of the list of changes. [Letter from Mr. Simon to Ms. Wulf October 11, 1957] [Filed under LP Books: 1953b.2]
• Letter from LP to Louis Philip Levine RE: Informs him that Israel is a very nice country with a lot of scientific work going on but that there are more scientists than there are jobs, though one institute is rewarding fellowships to scientists from other countries to go and study for a year in Israel. Suggests he go to either the medical school or other small colleges around the Seattle area and see if his training coincides with some of the research they are doing at the school. [Letter from Mr. Levine to LP October 11, 1957, Letter from Mr. Levine to LP October 18, 1957] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (L: Correspondence, 1957), #231.3]
• Letter from LP to Mr. Donald Zimmerman, RE: Tells Zimmerman that he wishes he could help, and has even thought that it would be a good time for him to write some type of autobiography, but he is so busy planning to make an eastern trip that he is not able to. Encloses a photograph, some biographical material, and some reprints for Zimmerman to use. [Letter from Zimmerman to LP, October 8, 1957] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (Z: Correspondence, 1940-1980.), Box #468, Folder #468.13]
• Letter from Leonard Shane, The Leonard Shane Agency to LP RE: Attempts to provide him with Congressman Chet Holifield's feelings on disarmament and nuclear weapons tests so that LP can "gear" his remarks to those of the Congressman for their appearance together on November 3rd. [Letter from LP to Mr. Shane October 17, 1957] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (S: Correspondence, 1957), #380.1]
• Letter from Richard E. Reiss, Manager, Infrared Sales Dept, Baird-Atomic, Inc., to LP RE: Notifies LP that they will be on the west coast, visiting different colleges to demonstrate their Infrared Instrumentation and invites LP to come and see the demonstration, to run tests, and to discuss problems with his infrared instrumentation with them. Includes a list of what colleges they will be at and when. Handwritten note in the top left margin states: "To RMB." [Filed under LP Correspondence: (B: Correspondence, 1957), #38.3]
• Letter from William A. Benjamin, Editor, College Department, McGraw-Hill Book Company to Dr. Martin Karplus, Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois RE: Regrets that Karplus has not been able to get farther in his revision of Introduction to Quantum Mechanics and now will not finish it until summer of 1958. [Filed under LP Books: Unpb.7]
• Note from Harold K. Lonsdale to Gentlemen RE: Notifies them he is trying to find an old classmate named Herbert Segall, who had been working on his post-doctoral with LP in the past. Requests any contact information they might have for him. [Letter from Mrs. Wulf to Mr. Lonsdale October 22, 1957] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (L: Correspondence, 1957), #231.3]
• Telegram from Arthur Stinson, CBS to LP RE: "Presume silence means unable accept citizen's forum invitation sorry am inviting Ralph Lapp." [Telegram from LP to Mr. Stinson October 11, 1957, Letter from Ms. Wulf to Mr. Stinson October 15, 1957] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (S: Correspondence, 1957), #380.1]