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| − | The '''''Berichte der durstigen chemischen Gesellschaft''''' was a spoof chemistry journal that appeared in Germany in the late nineteenth century. Its name, which translates as ''Reports of the Thirsty Chemical Society'', was a play on the title of the leading German-language chemistry journal of the time ''[[Berichte der deutschen chemischen Gesellschaft]]''. The "thirsty" version seems to have come out to coincide with conferences or, as the title page puts it, the "outrageous annual gathering" (''unerhörter Jahrgang''). | + | The '''''Berichte der durstigen chemischen Gesellschaft''''' was a spoof chemistry journal that appeared in Germany in the late nineteenth century. Its name, which translates as ''Reports of the Thirsty Chemical Society'', was a play on the title of the leading German-language chemistry journal of the time, ''[[Berichte der deutschen chemischen Gesellschaft]]''. The "thirsty" version seems to have come out to coincide with conferences or, as the title page puts it, the "outrageous annual gathering" (''unerhörter Jahrgang''). |
| − | Issue no. 20, dated 20 September 1886, is particularly famous for recounting the story of "Kekulé's dream", in which Kekulé supposedly imaged the ring structure of [[benzene]]. [[August Wilhelm Hofmann|Hofmann]] was also the subject of lambasting on the occasion of his 60th birthday in 1878.<ref>{{citation | title = Classic kit: Hofmann's voltammeter | url = http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/Issues/2010/January/HoffmannsVoltammeter.asp | first = Andrea | last = Sella | journal = Chemistry World | year = 2010 | volume = 7 | issue = 1}}.</ref> | + | Issue no. 20, dated 20 September 1886, is particularly famous for recounting the story of "Kekulé's dream", in which [[August Kekulé|Kekulé]] supposedly imaged the ring structure of [[benzene]]. [[August Wilhelm Hofmann|Hofmann]] was also the subject of lambasting on the occasion of his 60th birthday in 1878.<ref>{{citation | title = Classic kit: Hofmann's voltammeter | url = http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/Issues/2010/January/HoffmannsVoltammeter.asp | first = Andrea | last = Sella | journal = Chemistry World | year = 2010 | volume = 7 | issue = 1}}.</ref> |
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Latest revision as of 17:27, 2 September 2010
The Berichte der durstigen chemischen Gesellschaft was a spoof chemistry journal that appeared in Germany in the late nineteenth century. Its name, which translates as Reports of the Thirsty Chemical Society, was a play on the title of the leading German-language chemistry journal of the time, Berichte der deutschen chemischen Gesellschaft. The "thirsty" version seems to have come out to coincide with conferences or, as the title page puts it, the "outrageous annual gathering" (unerhörter Jahrgang).
Issue no. 20, dated 20 September 1886, is particularly famous for recounting the story of "Kekulé's dream", in which Kekulé supposedly imaged the ring structure of benzene. Hofmann was also the subject of lambasting on the occasion of his 60th birthday in 1878.[1]
References
- ↑ Sella, Andrea Classic kit: Hofmann's voltammeter. Chemistry World 2010, 7 (1), <http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/Issues/2010/January/HoffmannsVoltammeter.asp>.
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