All Classic kit articles
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OpinionWay’s double silicates and what else he dug up from the soil
John Thomas Way’s practical advice also produced the first quantitative observations of ion exchange
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OpinionPaneth’s mirrors and the isolation of methyl radicals
Laying the groundwork for the study of combustion and photochemical reactions
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OpinionUlam’s Monte Carlo method and the harnessing of randomness
Randomness in the service of confidence
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OpinionVogel’s textbooks and their international impact on teaching
A shared reference that we risk losing in a digital age
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OpinionWood’s metal and the evolution of fusible alloys
Invented by American dentist Barnabas Wood (1819–1875), whose life is shrouded in mystery
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OpinionSydney Young and his evaporative fractionator
Developments in distillation find us in good spirits
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OpinionLangley’s bolometer and the importance of ‘stamp collecting’
Mapping a spectrum of developments
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OpinionFermi’s questions and the importance of estimation
Knowing how to approximate the unknown is a much undervalued skill
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OpinionHenninger and Le Bel’s fractionator and the importance of lab culture
An undercurrent of collaboration
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OpinionCelebrating 200 editions of Classic Kit
Andrea Sella shares his favourite experiences from delving into the history of lab equipment
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OpinionHarmoinen’s inverter drives and a crucial step towards reducing energy consumption
For the 200th Classic Kit, Andrea Sella celebrates a crucial efficiency improvement for motors
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OpinionClevenger’s separator and the acceptance of grief
Numerous tragedies beset the life of Joseph Franklin Clevenger (1874–1945)
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OpinionMarsh’s wires and the birth of the toaster
Raise a toast to the man who invented an essential alloy
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OpinionNichols’ radiometer and discovering that radiation exerts pressure
A sensitive reflection of light pressure
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OpinionLinnemann’s baskets and distillation in the early days of understanding equilibrium
A distillation method that came out in the wash
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