Citations for Chemical Breakthrough Awards
2020 Awardees
Scientists/Inventors | Breakthrough Publication (If text is in color, this is a live link to the plaque.) | Location of Award (If text is in color, this is a live link to photographs and other materials related to the presentation.) |
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William Henry Perkin | “Producing a new Coloring Matter for Dyeing with a Lilac or Purple Color Stuffs of Silk, Cotton, Wool, or other Materials,” Great Britain Patent No. 1984, August 26, 1856. | Imperial College London |
Lord Rayleigh and W. Ramsay |
“Argon, a New Constituent of the Atmosphere,” Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, London, A 1895, 186A, 187-241. Plaque awarded to the Royal Institution (Lord Rayleigh's location) Plaque awarded to University College London (Ramsay's location) |
The Royal Institution and University College London |
H. G. J. Moseley | “The High-Frequency Spectra of the Elements,” Philosophical Magazine Ser. 6 1913, 26, 1024-1034. | The University of Manchester |
R. S. Mulliken | “The Assignment of Quantum Numbers for Electrons in Molecules. I,” Physical Review 1928, 32, 186-222. | New York University * |