Chemist Emma Parry Carr was born 146 years ago today. A wizard of UV absorption spectrometry, she was able to use this method to determine molecular structure before x-ray crystallography had reached it maturity and was an important early researcher in molecular orbital theory. tinyurl.com/644tdkhu
Probing the Ultraviolet: The Spectroscopic Marvels of Emma Perry CarrIn its externals the life of Emma Carr (1880-1972) bears many similarities to that of fellow physicist Margaret Maltby (1860-1944). Both were born in the latter half of the 19th century, in the state ...tinyurl.com