 "Providence Journal (Providence, RI)")
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Rhode Island Mother's Inspiration Helped Daughters Develop Jewelry Business.
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Byline: Kathleen Yanity
May 9--If not for their mother, Jenniefer and Helen Kirk, struggling financially in New York City, would never have tried to make their own jeweled hair accessories to sell for extra money. But they both had her talent for handicrafts.
So when their sparkling chopsticks, barrettes and combs sold well enough to merit an order of several thousand pieces from Bloomingdale's department store, the two sisters did what any accidental entrepreneurs might do:
"We ran home to mom," said Jenniefer.
"Mom" was the late Helen ...
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The history of intravenous anaesthesia: The barbiturates. Part 1
Magazine article from: Anaesthesia and Intensive Care
; Adolf Johann Friedrich von Baeyer was born in Berlin in 1835 and developed...entrenched in the history books. Fischer and Von Mering synthesized diethyl barbituric...barbiturates, the company has no relation to Adolf von Baeyer, despite the connection being...
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Aspirin & Heroin: One Man Invents Two Pain Relievers in Two Weeks
Magazine article from: Chemical Engineering Progress
; ...studied chemistry and pharmacy at the Univ. of Munich, graduating in 1893. Recommended by one of his professors, Adolf von Baeyer, Hoffmann joined the newly established pharmaceutical research department at the Bayer Co. in Elbersfeld. That...
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 "Reforma (México D.F., México)")
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Jeans para seducir.(Moda)
Newspaper article from: Reforma (México D.F., México)
; ...la patente para la elaboracin de pantalones de mezclilla a finales del Siglo 19, despus vino el color con el alemn Adolf Von Baeyer, quien en 1878 desarroll la tintura sinttica empleada para el clsico azul, y por ltimo lleg el acabado, cuando...
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Lower-rim substituted calixarenes and their applications.
Magazine article from: Bioinorganic Chemistry and Applications
; ...extensive literature reviews [5-9] and monographs [10]. 1.1. Calixarenes: their origin and synthesis In 1872, Adolf von Baeyer heated aqueous formaldehyde with phenol to give a hard resinous product. Three decades later, in 1905-1909, Leo...
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IN OUR HISTORY; He warned America about the Nazi atomic bomb
Newspaper article from: Cleveland Jewish News
; ...student. He studied at the University of Munich under William Roentgen, the discoverer of X-rays, and noted chemist Adolf von Baeyer. He was uncertain whether to go into chemistry or physics until he attended some lectures by renowned physicist Max...
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