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Department of Chemistry Laboratory safety program at West Virginia University

โœ Scribed by Barbara L. Foster


Publisher
Elsevier Science
Year
2002
Tongue
English
Weight
634 KB
Volume
9
Category
Article
ISSN
1074-9098

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โœฆ Synopsis


The Department of Chemistry at West Virginia University awarded its ยฎrst undergraduate degrees in 1896. At that time, the science of chemistry was taught in Science Hall (Figure 1). By 1918, the building proved to be inadequate to accommodate the increasing number of chemistry majors.

In 1918, WVU President Frank Butler Trotter called for funds to be appropriated for a new building for the Department of Chemistry. World War I had created a heightened interest in chemistry among the general populace and President Trotter predicted that


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