Nobel Prize Wilhelm Röntgen's discovery of X-rays and Philipp Lenard's work on cathode rays. The Academy of Sciences selected Röntgen for the prize. In the last decades of the 19th century, many chemists had made significant contributions. Thus, with the Chemistry Prize, the Academy "was chiefly faced with merely deciding the order in which these scientists should be awarded the prize". The Academy received 20 nominations, eleven of them for Jacobus van 't Hoff. Van 't Hoff was awarded the prize for his contributions in chemical thermodynamics. The Swedish Academy chose the poet Sully Prudhomme for the first Nobel Prize in Literature.
Sully, Iowa Sully, Iowa Sully is a small town of 821 (2010) located in Jasper County, Iowa, United States named after railroad man Alfred Sully. Sully was platted in 1882. The community was incorporated in 1901. Van Wijk Winery The City of Sully is home to the Van Wijk Winery, which has been producing twenty varieties of Iowa wine since 2009. Coffee Cup Cafe The Coffee Cup Cafe started in 1970 with old fashioned cooking with great recipes from the community. It is said that they take pride in their "made from scratch" cooking, which includes pies that are well known throughout