Sunday Stamps - Science; Great Britain

 The Centenary of the Royal Institute of Chemistry was commemorated in 1977 in the issue of four stamps which also included the winners of a Nobel Prize.

To save you getting a crick in your next the topics and the Nobel Prize winners where - 

• 8.1/2p  Steroids - Conformational Analysis   Barton 1969
• 10p Vitamin C - Synthesis  W N Howarth 1957
• 11p Starch - Chromatography  Martin & Synge 1952
• 13p Salt - Crystallography  W H & W L Bragg 1915

I remember studying crystallography and the work of the Braggs in chemistry lectures at St Andrews in the 1950s.

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Royal Institute of Chemistry - Sunday Stamps

I have some Nobel Prize winners for you this week.

The Royal Institute of Chemistry's centenary was commemorated by a set issued on 2 March 1977.

Great Britain - Royal Institute of Chemistry, 1877-1977

In addition each stamp commemorates the work of Nobel Prize winners.

• 8.1/2p: Steroids - Conformational Analysis - Derek H R Barton, Nobel Prize for Chemistry 1969
• 10p:     Vitamin C Synthesis - W N Haworth, Nobel Prize for Chemistry 1937
• 11p:     Starch - Chromatography - Archer John Porter Martin and Richard Laurence Millington Synge, Nobel Prize for Chemistry 1952
• 13p:     Salt - Crystallography - William Henry and William Laurence Bragg - Nobel Prize for Physics 1915.

I remember studying the work of the Braggs (father and son) in chemistry and metallurgy, but the other names are new to me. Or is my memory failing?

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