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Ira Remsen (February 10, 1846 - March 4, 1927) was a chemist who, along with Constantin Fahlberg discovered the artificial sweetener saccharin.
Remsen was born in New York City and earned an MD from the College of Physicians and Surgeons in 1867 to please his parents.
In 1901 Remsen was appointed the president of Johns Hopkins and he proceeded to found a School of Engineering and helped establish the school as a research university.
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  Ira Remsen - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ira Remsen (February 10, 1846 - March 4, 1927) was a chemist who, along with Constantin Fahlberg discovered the artificial sweetener saccharin.
Remsen was born in New York City and earned an MD from the College of Physicians and Surgeons in 1867 to please his parents.
In 1901 Remsen was appointed the president of Johns Hopkins and he proceeded to found a School of Engineering and helped establish the school as a research university.
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 Saccharin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Saccharin is the oldest artificial sweetener; it was discovered in 1879 by Ira Remsen and Constantin Fahlberg of Johns Hopkins University.
Saccharin's sweetness was accidentally discovered by Ira Remsen, a professor at Johns Hopkins University, and Constantin Fahlberg, a research fellow working in Remsen's lab.
Remsen and Fahlberg's original route starts with toluene, but yields from this starting point are small.
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 Ira Remsen   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Ira Remsen (February 10, 1846 - March 4, 1927) was a chemist who discovered the artificial sweetener saccharin and was the secondpresident of Johns Hopkins University.
Remsen was born in New York City and earned an MD from the College ofPhysicians and Surgeons in 1867 to please his parents.
In 1901 Remsen was appointed the president of Johns Hopkins and he proceeded to found a School of Engineering and helpedestablish the school as a research university.
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 saccharine   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Saccharin was discovered by Ira Remsen and Constantine Fahlberg in 1879 while working with coal tar derivatives.
Ira Remsen discovered the sweetness property at dinner after not thoroughly washing his hands.
The discovery was jointly published by Remsen and Fahlberg in 1880 (Fahlberg, C.; Remsen, I. Über die Oxydation des Orthotoluolsulfamids.
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 Ira Remsen Ira Remsen was born on February 10, 1846 in New Yo...
Ira Remsen Ira Remsen was born on February 10, 1846 in New Yo...
Ira Remsen was born on February 10, 1846 in New York city.
Remsen was furious at first about the matter; "it makes my blood boil to see the lies that scoundrel Fahlberg constantly, constantly in print, and to see further, that they are generally believed." Later Remsen would apologize for this outburst.
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 CalendarHome.com - Saccharin - Calendar Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
is the oldest artificial sweetener; it was discovered in 1879 by Ira Remsen and Constantin Fahlberg of Johns Hopkins University.
Saccharin's sweetness was accidentally discovered by Ira Remsen, a professor at Johns Hopkins University, and Mamun "Mono" Shaikh, a research fellow working in Remsen's lab.
Remsen and Shaikh's original route starts with toluene, but yields from this starting point are small.
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 Ira Remsen   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Remsen was born in New York City earned an MD from the College of and Surgeons in 1867 to please his parents.
In after researching pure chemistry at University of Tübingen Remsen returned to the United States became a professor at Williams College where he wrote the popular "Theoretical His book and reputation brought him to attention of Daniel Coit Gilman who invited him to become one the original faculty of Johns Hopkins University.
In 1901 Remsen was appointed the president Johns Hopkins and he proceeded to found School of Engineering and helped establish the as a research university.
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 The Johns Hopkins Gazette: September 11, 2000
Ira Remsen was born Feb. 10, 1846, in New York City, of Dutch and Huguenot ancestry.
Remsen had little interest in the practical application of this discovery, preferring research for the sake of advancing learning, but Fahlberg saw commercial potential and wasted little time in obtaining a patent on saccharin.
Remsen Hall: After Ira Remsen's death in March 1927, the university's trustees named the recently completed chemistry building on the Homewood campus in his honor.
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 University of Georgia: News & Information
The Remsen Award was established in 1946 to commemorate the career of Ira Remsen - the first professor of chemistry and second president of Johns Hopkins University - as a chemist, educator and administrator.
According to the awards committee, the Remsen Award lecturers are "chemists of outstanding achievement, in keeping with Ira Remsen's long and devoted career as an exponent of the highest standards in teaching and research in chemistry."
The Remsen Award consists of a scroll and cash honorarium, which will be presented to Schaefer on the evening of May 29 at the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore.
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 Saccharin   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Saccharin is the oldest artificialsweetener ; it was discovered in 1879 by Ira Remsen and Constantine Fahlberg of Johns Hopkins University.
Ira Remsen discovered the sweetness property at dinner after not thoroughly washing hishands.
The discovery was jointly published by Remsen and Fahlberg in 1880 (Fahlberg, C.;Remsen, I. Über die Oxydation des Orthotoluolsulfamids.
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 Ira Remsen -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Remsen was born in (The largest city in New York State and in the United States; located in southeastern New York at the mouth of the Hudson river; a major financial and cultural center) New York City and earned an MD from the College of Physicians and Surgeons in 1867 to please his parents.
In 1875, after researching pure chemistry at (Click link for more info and facts about University of Tübingen) University of Tübingen, Remsen returned to the United States and became a professor at (Click link for more info and facts about Williams College) Williams College, where he wrote the popular "Theoretical Chemistry".
When he ate rolls at dinner after a long day in the lab researching (A tar formed from distillation of bituminous coal; coal tar can be further distilled to give various aromatic compounds) coal tar derivatives, he noticed that the rolls tasted initially sweet but then bitter.
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 Saccharine - Wikipedia
Het is de oudste kunstmatige zoetstof en werd in 1879 ontdekt door Ira Remsen en Constantine Fahlberg aan de Johns Hopkins University bij een onderzoek naar koolteerderivaten.
Ira Remsen zou de zoete smaak hebben ontdekt tijdens een maaltijd na het werk toen hij zijn handen niet goed had gewassen.
Saccharine levert geen energie en heeft een zoetkracht die 350 maal groter is dan die van suiker.
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 Term-Papers.us - Ira Remsen
The life of Ira Remsen Ira Remsen was born on February 10, 1846 in New York city.
Remsen noticed that it was quite sweet at first, but it left a bitter after-taste.
Remsen was furious at first about the matter; it makes my blood boil to see the lies that scoundrel Fahlberg constantly, constantly in print, and to see further, that they are generally believed.
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 The Serendipitous Discovery of Saccharin
Ira Remsen was the most famous American chemist of the nineteenth century.
Came to Johns Hopkins University in 1879 under the invitation of Remsen to study the oxidation of substituted benzene rings.
Remsen is more widely known and respected in the scientific community.
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 College Papers-Ira Remsen   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
It was in Germany and in Europe Remsen did most of his research.
In 1880, Remsen and Fahlberg published their findings in the February issue of The Chemical Journal.
Time Line of The Life of Ira Remsen 1846: Born on February 10th in New York City Childhood - Lived and educated in Germany 1867: Received Masters Degree from Columbia University 1870: Earned Ph.D. at Universities of Munich and Gottingen in Germany.
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 Johns Hopkins Gazette: August 22, 1994
Dr. Remsen's work and the establishment of the research-based doctoral program at Hopkins were considered significant contributions to professional science in the United States.
I am Dr. Ira Remsen, and I am a professor at the Johns Hopkins University." The Fahlberg mannequin quickly defends the Russian-born scientist it portrays.
Among my American colleagues, Dr. Remsen is notorious for this view." The Remsen character, who maintains no interest in the profits of saccharin but wants credit for the discovery, sits in the lab with his arms outstretched.
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 New York Daily News - Boroughs - State funds lab rehabs for college   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The money for the three-story addition to Ira Remsen Hall is in the capital budget passed by the state legislature last week and is awaiting Gov. Pataki's approval, said Assemblyman Barry Grodenchik (D-Flushing) Wednesday.
Remsen Hall, Grodenchik said, has not been substantially altered since it was built in the late 1940s.
Remsen Hall contains chemistry and biochemistry, family nutrition and exercise sciences department offices, laboratories, lecture halls, testing rooms, classrooms and demonstration facilities.
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 Encyclopedia: Ira Remsen   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The Johns Hopkins University is a private institution of higher learning located in Baltimore, Maryland.
Coal tar is the liquid by-product of the distillation of coal to make coke.
Nitric acid acts upon copper is a phrase used in an old chemistry textbook, and more commonly known, one that was read by Ira Remsen.
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 Chemistry safety - Remsen   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
While reading a textbook of chemistry, I came upon the statement "nitric acid acts upon copper." I was getting tired of reading such absurd stuff and I determined to see what this meant.
Ira Remsen also recognized the vital importance of the laboratory experience in chemistry.
List all the violations of good safety practice in the experiment described by Ira Remsen and suggest some safer approaches to finding out what was meant by the words "acts upon".
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 Queens Chronicle - South Edition
Queens College is set to get a new chemistry facility at Ira Remsen Hall, thanks to a $30-million allocation from this year’s New York State budget.
Ira Remsen Hall was built in 1947 and is one of the oldest structures on campus.
The Remsen Hall renovation is part of a larger campus revamping.
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 The Johns Hopkins University: Chronology
The faculty is composed of Gildersleeve (classics), James J. Sylvester (mathematics), Ira Remsen (chemistry), Henry A. Rowland (physics), and Henry Newell Martin (biology).
Ira Remsen, the university's first professor of chemistry and its second president, will have an office in the new building.
After Remsen's death in 1927, the building is named in his honor and his ashes are interred in a wall there.
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 Saccharin   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Saccharin sold an artificial sweetener is usually the sodium salt of saccharin which has the chemical C
Saccharin was discovered by Ira Remsen and Fahlberg in 1879 while working with coal tar derivatives.
Later went on to patent saccharin and grow without ever mentioning Remsen angering Remsen.
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 Ira Newble   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
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Names mentioned: Ira Newble, Kendall Gill, Anthony Peeler (expected to be cut by the Bucks), Jumaine Jones, Voshon Lenard.
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 Ira Remsen   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
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REMSEN, Ira, chemist, born in New York city, 10 February, 1846.
Remsen then went to Tubingen at the invitation of Professor Rudolph Fittig, and continued as assistant in the laboratory of that university for two years.
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