 1836 - Isaac Adams, Jr. born: pioneer in nickel plating. |
| 1844 - Ludwig Boltzmann born: statistical mechanics; thermodynamics, especially the second law; Maxwell-Boltzmann distribution of molecular speeds; Stefan-Boltzmann law of blackbody radiation; Boltzmann constant is named after him. |
| 1900 - Erika Cremer born: theory and development of gas chromatography; chemical kinetics. |
| 1901 - Henry Eyring born: chemical kinetics (transition-state theory, Eyring equation). |
| 1923 - Helen Murray Free born: diagnostic chemistry: reagents and instrumentation for clinical diagnosis in blood and urine chemistry, histology, and cytology. |
| 1937 - Robert Huber born: three-dimensional structure of proteins involved in photosynthesis; Nobel Prize, 1988. |
sources: http://webserver.lemoyne.edu/faculty/giunta/week.html, http://todayinsci.com
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