Sidney Kessler and American Spirits

Discovery Notebook

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Jasper Bell at center
The Bell subcommittee digs into "the barrel business"
  • Nov 16, 2020

It was after lunch on the fourth day of hearings at the Condado Hotel on the beach in San Juan,…

Sidney Kessler was born Simeon Kesler
  • Oct 29, 2020

I have been looking through Ancestry's copious record collection for Sidney Kessler, primarily…

Why Congress sent a committee to Puerto Rico in 1943
  • Sep 26, 2020

Severe food shortages gripped the U.S. territory during the war. A panel from Washington came to…
Resetting the Carioca Rum narrative
  • Sep 13, 2020

One of the benefits of publicly sharing the results of my research the way I do on this blog is…

My signed copy of Living the American Dream
  • Apr 27, 2011

Before we delve into the contents of the book, here are scans of the front and back cover and…

Contact with members of the Kessler family
  • Apr 23, 2011

Last month, I was contacted by several members of the Kimelman and Fishman families,…

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Peter Siskind was the President of American Spirits
Revised interpretation of American Spirits
  • Sep 27, 2010

I was wrong about several things in the preceding posts. I said that Kessler owned American…

Lots more on Sidney Kessler
  • Sep 25, 2010

Note: I have been in touch with members of the Kimelman and Fishman families about my…

American Spirits boss Sidney Kessler
  • Sep 24, 2010

In Walter's "The Early Lives of Stan and…

Citations

Authors
Stanley L. Ruby(21) Chien-Shiung Wu(18) Emil Jan Konopinski(9) Brice M. Rustad(8) Allan Franklin(7) James S. Allen(7) Harry J. Lipkin(4) E. Ambler(4) R. P. Hudson(4) R. E. Marshak(4)
Subjects
beta decay theory(21) angular correlation(21) Rustad-Ruby experiment(17) mössbauer effect(17) beta spectrum experiment(14) Mössbauer spectroscopy(12) parity nonconservation(12) synchrotron radiation(8) V–A theory(8) weak-force unification(7)
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