Ouroboros, a New England chemists' club

Jones, Paul R.

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Title

Ouroboros, a New England chemists' club

Author(s)

Jones, Paul R.

Issue Date

2014-09-15

Keyword(s)

• History
• Chemistry
• Ouroboros new england chemists club

Abstract

At a meeting of the Northeastern Section of the American Chem. Society in Boston, Dec., 1909, a group of chem. professors proposed the formation of a "Chem. Round Table.". Its purpose was to provide the opportunity for New England college chem. teachers to convene and to exchange information and ideas about their profession. An official name for the organization was chosen in 1916 - Ouroboros, which is the circular serpent poised with the tail in its mouth, signifying the totality of nature. This article lists the group's topics of discussion from the 1920s to the 1980s. There have been no meetings held since 1994, and the group has disbanded.

Publisher

Division of the History of Chemistry

ISSN

1053-4385

Type of Resource

text

Genre of Resource

article

Language

eng

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https://hdl.handle.net/2142/127898

DOI

https://doi.org/10.70359/bhc2014v039p145

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