Papers, ca. 1903-1944.

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Papers, ca. 1903-1944.

Collection consists of reprints of McCoy's publications, his laboratory notebooks related to his work on radium and the rare earths, and other notes and notebooks.

4 boxes (2 linear ft.)

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SNAC Resource ID: 7409261

University of California, Los Angeles

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McCoy, Herbert Newby, 1870-1945

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McCoy was born in Richmond, IN, on June 29, 1870; BS (1892) and MS (1893), Purdue Univ.; Ph. D, Univ. of Chicago, 1898; asst. professor, Univ. of UT, 1899-1901; taught at Univ. of Chicago, 1901-17; became vice-president, Lindsay Light & Chemical Co., in 1919; wrote Introduction to general chemistry (1919) with his wife-to-be, Ethel Terry; contributed to numerous papers on physical chemistry, radioactivity and rare earths; awarded Willard Gibbs medal, 1937; died May 7, 1945. From ...