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Date Image Innovation City State Country
1907 Leo Baekeland and Bakelite Development of Bakelite Yonkers NY USA
1901 Nucleic Acid and Protein Chemistry Research at Rockefeller University Nucleic Acid and Protein Chemistry Research at Rockefeller University New York NY USA
Jamestown Chemistry at Jamestown Williamsburg VA USA
1898 Commercial Process for Producing Calcium Carbide and Acetylene Commercial Process for Producing Calcium Carbide and Acetylene Eden NC USA
Izaak Maurits Kolthoff Izaak Maurits Kolthoff and Modern Analytical Chemistry Minneapolis MN USA
1900 Discovery of Organic Free Radicals by Moses Gomberg Discovery of Organic Free Radicals by Moses Gomberg Ann Arbor MI USA
1896 Columbia Dry Cell Battery Columbia Dry Cell Battery St. Louis MO USA
1891 Herbert Dow in 1888 Photo courtesy of the Post Street Archives. First Electrolytic Production of Bromine Midland MI USA
1876 John W. Draper Founding of the American Chemical Society New York City NY USA
1865 Chandler Chemistry Laboratory Chandler Chemistry Laboratory Bethlehem PA USA
1970s SRRC Cotton Products Research New Orleans LA USA
1938–1945 Russell Marker and the Mexican Steroid Hormone Industry Mexican Steroid Hormone Industry University Park PA USA
1962 Rachel Carson Legacy of Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring Pittsburgh PA USA
1985 Discovery of Fullerenes Discovery of Fullerenes Houston TX USA
1921 Riverside Laboratory Universal Oil Products (UOP) at Riverside Laboratory McCook IL USA
1936 Signs DayGlo Fluorescent Pigments Cleveland OH USA
1929 Carbohydrate Metabolism - Carl and Gerty Cori Carbohydrate Metabolism - Carl and Gerty Cori St. Louis MO USA
1937 Mellon Institute of Industrial Research, Mellon Institute of Industrial Research, Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh PA USA
1961 Deciphering the Genetic Code Deciphering the Genetic Code Bethesda MD USA
Williams-Miles History of Chemistry Collection Williams-Miles History of Chemistry Collection Searcy AR USA

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