Leason Heberling Adams Papers
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Leason Heberling Adams Papers 1919-1968
Adams, Leason Heberling, 1887-1969
Biographical History for: Leason Heberling Adams Papers 1919-1968
Biographical Note Date Event 1887, 16 Jan. Born, Cherryvale, Kans. 1906 B.S., chemical engineering, University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, Ill. 1908 Married Jeannette Blaisdell 1910-1936 Physical chemist, Geophysical Laboratory, Carnegie Institution, Washington, D.C. 1924 Awarded Edward Longstreth Medal from the Franklin Institute, Philadelphia, Pa. 1936-1952 Director, Geophysical Laboratory, Carnegie Institution, Washington, D.C. 1941 Sc.D., Tufts University, Medford, Mass. 1948 Awarded Presidential Medal for Merit 1950 Awarded William Bowie Medal by the American Geophysical Union 1956 Married Freda R. Ostraw 1958-1963 Visiting professor, geophysics, University of California, Los Angeles, Calif. 1963 Professor-in-residence, University of California, Los Angeles, Calif. 1969, 20 Aug. Died, Silver Spring, Md.
Scope and Content Note The papers of Leason Heberling Adams (1887-1969) span the years 1919-1968. The collection consists of personal and professional correspondence, notebooks, notes, published writings on scientific research, and miscellaneous printed matter that are organized into the following series: Correspondence, Writings, and Miscellany. The Correspondence concerns research and publication in the field of geophysics and earth science. Among the correspondents are Lewis Cohen, Arthur Day, Robert Sosman, the National Academy of Sciences, the Geological Society of America, and colleagues with whom Adams engaged in joint research and publication. The largest amount of correspondence is between Adams and Cohen pertaining to their research in relation to nepheline and wollastonite analyses and their joint authorship of a paper published by the American Journal of Science in 1966. Typescripts, galley proofs, and reprint copies of published articles by Adams, as well as articles coauthored with other scientists, make up the bulk of the Writings. These writings date from 1919 to 1966 and cover results of research in pressure measurements and control. The Miscellany consists of directories, programs, and printed matter, but the most significant items in this file are the notes and notebooks, 1921-1922, related to Adams's research in thermodynamics and chemical thermodynamics. Also included in this series are the notes and drafts of Adams's published writings.
series
Correspondence, 1933-1968
Letters and memoranda from colleagues, scientific organizations, and institutions.
file
Bassett, William A., 1965
Cohen, Lewis H., 1965-1966
Day, Arthur L. and Ruth E., 1933, 1964
Geological Society of America, 1958-1961
Goranson, R. W., 1953-1958
McGraw-Hill Book Co., 1965
National Academy of Sciences, 1958-1964
National Science Foundation, 1965
Sosman, Robert B., 1960-1964
Miscellaneous, 1936-1968, undated
Writings, 1919-1966
Typescripts, reports, and reprint copies of published writings coauthored with other scientists.
Articles
"Thermostats for Very High Temperatures," Journal of the Optical Society of America and Review of Scientific Instruments, Nov. 1924
"The Annealing of Glass as a Physical Problem," Journal of The Franklin Institute, July 1933
"Simplified Apparatus for High Hydrostatic Pressures," The Review of Scientific Instruments, Apr. 1936
"The Earth's Interior, Its Nature and Composition," The Scientific Monthly, Mar. 1937
Reports, "Preliminary Survey on Establishment of a High Pressure Scale," 1965
Miscellaneous untitled
Writings published with others
Davis, Briant L., 1962-1966
Goranson, R. W., 1933
Waxler, Roy M., 1960-1964
White, Walter P., 1919
Williamson, Erskine D., 1919
Miscellany, 1919-1966
Notes and notebooks relating to Adams's early research and printed matter and writings by others.
Notes
Thermodynamics, 1919-1920
Chemical thermodynamics, 1921-1922
"Enthalphy Changes from Melting Curves in Binary Silicate Systems," 1965
"Elliptically Prolonged Light"
Thermodynamics
Miscellaneous (3 folders)
Printed matter
Proposals
Writings of others, 1951-1966