The Rockefeller
in pictures (1930s) (if you don't see a menu on the left, use
this link) The National
Institute of Physics and
Chemistry was a beautiful building dedicated to
scientific
research and funded by the Rockefeller
Junior Foundation.
The aim of this institute, nowadays called Institute of
Physical-Chemistry "Rocasolano"
inherited the
principles of the JAE(Junta
de Ampliación de Estudios),
an independent teaching and research institution, created in 1907 and
aimed to help Spain’s to end its isolation and forge
links with European science and culture.Its
nickname, “The Rockefeller”, comes from
the
fact that it was built using funds ($420.000) from the "Rockefeller
Junior Foundation".
The
former
National Institute of Physics and Chemistry (Instituto
Nacional de Física y Química, Madrid, 1932).
Its
nickname, “The Rockefeller” was due to the
fact that it was built using funds ($420.000) from the Rockefeller
Junior Foundation.
Another
view of the
former
National Institute of Physics and Chemistry (Instituto
Nacional de Física y Química, Madrid, 1932)
Aerial photography of
the former
National Institute of Physics and Chemistry (Instituto
Nacional de Física y Química, Madrid, 1932).
The Rockefeller was inaugurated on
February 6th 1932 by Fernando de los Ríos, the Minister of Public Instruction.
Niceto Alcalá-Zamora, President of the 2nd
Spanish Republic, visited the new building on March 7th
1932
We also published a small note in 2022 to commemorate
this event
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The
X-ray laboratory during the 1930's. Julio Palacios
is standing on the left, behind the X-ray tube