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| Keywords: smithsonian institution smithsonianinstitution woman portrait hat floral austrian vienna chemist chemistry scientist hydrogen smithsonian institution archives smithsonianinstitutionarchives women's history month womenshistorymonth women in science womeninscience 2011 20th century - early 20thcenturyearly academia people monochrome indoor Creator: Science Service Subject: Kroupa, Edith        University of Vienna Type: Black-and-White Prints Date: 1934 Topic: Chemistry      Women scientists Local number: SIA Acc. 90-105 [SIA-SIA2008-4975] Summary: Austrian research chemist Edith Kroupa, 1934. The original caption dated September 18, 1934, reads: "While revolution upset Vienna, Miss Edith Kroupa, research chemist working with a new method of microchemical analysis in the laboratory of Prof. A. Franke at the University of Vienna, analyzed a sample of radioactive rock from near Winnipeg, Canada," determining it to be over 1,725,000,000 years old. Earlier that same year, Kroupa and her colleague Friedrich Hecht had discovered triple-weight hydrogen. Cite as: Acc. 90-105 - Science Service, Records, 1920s-1970s, Smithsonian Institution Archives Persistent URL:Link to data base record Repository:Smithsonian Institution Archives View more collections from the Smithsonian Institution. Creator: Science Service Subject: Kroupa, Edith University of Vienna Type: Black-and-White Prints Date: 1934 Topic: Chemistry Women scientists Local number: SIA Acc. 90-105 [SIA-SIA2008-4975] Summary: Austrian research chemist Edith Kroupa, 1934. The original caption dated September 18, 1934, reads: "While revolution upset Vienna, Miss Edith Kroupa, research chemist working with a new method of microchemical analysis in the laboratory of Prof. A. Franke at the University of Vienna, analyzed a sample of radioactive rock from near Winnipeg, Canada," determining it to be over 1,725,000,000 years old. Earlier that same year, Kroupa and her colleague Friedrich Hecht had discovered triple-weight hydrogen. Cite as: Acc. 90-105 - Science Service, Records, 1920s-1970s, Smithsonian Institution Archives Persistent URL:Link to data base record Repository:Smithsonian Institution Archives View more collections from the Smithsonian Institution. | ||||
