On his return to Harvard, he was appointed as an assistant in chemistry. ... He published over sixty papers on thermo-chemistry. ... Richards's published almost 300 papers, about one half of them deal with atomic weights, and the remainder deal with several aspects of physical chemistry. ... During his year as member of the faculty at Harvard University, he had created a place for physical and analytical chemical research. ... He was the first American scientist received the Nobel Prize in chemistry. ...

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