''Chymia'' was an annual

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published in 12 volumes from 1948 to 1967. In 1947 a committee chaired by

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and consisting of four other members, Claude K. Deischer, Rudolf Hirsch, Herbert S. Klickstein, and Henry M. Leicester, established the journal. The first issue was published in 1948 with Tenney L. Davis (1890–1949) as

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. Almost all of the articles were in English, but with a few in French or German. In 1969 ''Chymia'' was incorporated into the new journal ''Historical Studies in the Physical Sciences'' established by

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American Chemical Society academic journals Annual journals History of science journals Academic journals established in 1948 Publications disestablished in 1967 Defunct journals Multilingual journals 1948 establishments in Pennsylvania 1967 disestablishments in Pennsylvania {{chem-hist-stub