Chemistry

Nobel Prize lecture

Nobel Lecture, December 11, 1923 Quantitative Micro-Analysis of Organic Substances In accepting the honour of addressing this illustrious assembly on this proud occasion today, I am complying with § 9 of the Statutes of the Nobel Foundation, and I would like to take the opportunity at the same time of expressing my humble thanks to…

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Banquet speech

Frederick Soddy’s speech at the Nobel Banquet in Stockholm, December 10, 1922 I wish to thank you for the very great honour which you have paid to my country, to the University of which I am a member, and to my students and myself, by the award of the Nobel Prize for Chemistry for 1921.…

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Banquet speech

Walther Nernst’s speech at the Nobel Banquet in Stockholm, December 10, 1921 (in German) Eure Königliche Hoheit! Meine Damen und Herren! Indem ich zunächst Herrn Prof. Gullstrancl meinen tiefgefühlten Dank für die so sehr freundlichen Worte der Begrüssung und besonders auch für die freundliche Erwähnung meiner bescheidenen wissenschaftlichen Leistungen herzlich danke, bitte ich mir zu…

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