Alan MacDiarmid recalled later in life the first time he came across a copy of The boy chemist in the Lower Hutt library when he was about 10 years old. He continually renewed the book, and tried many of the experiments in it. These included instructions for making a range of fireworks and other small explosives, such as the ones pictured here: ‘Making Rainbow Lights’ and ‘A Fourth of July Sparkler’.
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A. Frederick Collins, The Boy Chemist. Boston: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard, 1924, pp. 250–251
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Hello, my name is Melissa and
Melissa Wells (not verified)
18 o Oketopa 2015
Hello, my name is Melissa and I am studying a masters in Museum and Heritage Studies at Victoria University of Wellington.
I am currently doing an assignment where I am writing for the STQRY website about the cultural heritage and significance of the Nobel Chemistry Prize, awarded to Alan MacDiarmid, Hideki Shirakawa and Alan Heeger in 2000, which now resides at my university.
If my story is accepted, then it will go live onto the STQRY website.
I was wondering who has copyright over the 'The Boy Chemist' book images you have used?
Kind regards,
Melissa
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