Chemist no. 103 of 350 · Physical
Theodore William Richards
1868-1928United StatesNobel Chemistry 1914
Precise atomic weight determinations
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Theodore William Richards and the Art of Exact Atomic Weights
How Theodore William Richards redetermined atomic weights with unmatched accuracy, earning the 1914 Nobel Prize and revealing isotopes of lead.
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Life of Theodore William Richards (1868-1928), Harvard chemist, first American to win the Chemistry Nobel Prize (1914) for atomic weights.
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