All Classic kit articles – Page 3

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Bretherick’s handbook

2020-10-29T14:30:00Z

Compiling the hazards encountered in practical chemistry
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Leslie’s canisters

2020-10-02T08:45:00Z

For once, the right man gets the credit
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Fortin’s barometer and balance

2020-09-11T08:52:00Z

Defining a new system of measurement required a master instrument maker
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Seebeck’s couples

2020-07-31T13:27:00Z

Accurate temperature measurements from an often misunderstood instrument
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Della Porta’s salt bath

2020-07-02T08:57:00Z

The Inquisition didn’t stop the discovery of something very cool
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Grove’s gaseous voltaic battery

2020-06-05T08:43:00Z

A down-to-earth tale of fuel cells
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Lipson’s strips and Beevers’ balls

2020-05-07T13:46:00Z

Making crystallography an order of magnitude more fun
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Fresenius’ wash bottle

2020-03-27T09:31:00Z

The link between spa treatments and a common piece of lab equipment
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Tiselius’ stripes

2020-03-11T14:33:00Z

Charging ahead with protein separation
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Hales’ pneumatic trough

2020-01-24T10:06:00Z

The curate who ministered to pneumatic chemistry
Opinion
The story of Quickfit, part three: Scorah’s Quickfit

2020-01-08T12:00:00Z

In the final part of our Classic Kit series, Andrea Sella delves into the life and work of Leslie Scorah, the patenter of Quickfit
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The story of Quickfit, part two: Flaig’s joints

2020-01-07T12:00:00Z

The second article in a Classic Kit series on Quickfit focuses on the family that introduced standardised ground glass joints to the UK
Opinion
The story of Quickfit, part one: Friedrich's joints

2020-01-06T12:05:00Z

In the first article in a special Classic Kit series on Quickfit, Andrea Sella tracks the origin of standardised ground glass joints to 1900s Prussia
Opinion
Papin’s digester

2019-10-01T08:35:00Z

An early pressure cooker with the crucial addition of a safety valve
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Lawrence’s cyclotron

2019-09-04T14:00:00Z

The instrument that transformed our understanding of atoms
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Kathleen Lonsdale’s crystallography tables

2019-08-01T09:30:00Z

No princes were needed on the quest for structure factors
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Maudslay's micrometer

2019-07-05T09:30:00Z

A revolution in metalworking tools
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Svedberg’s ultracentrifuge

2019-06-04T09:31:00Z

The innovation that led to a Nobel prize
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Geissler’s glassware

2019-05-02T09:30:00Z

How the supreme glassblower of his day shows the value of technical staff
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Verneuil’s rubies

2019-03-29T09:30:00Z

How French chemists perfected the art of making gemstones