All History articles – Page 51

  • Periodic table of the elements – 90 – Thorium
    Podcast

    Thorium

    2008-07-02T00:00:00Z

    The element that once illuminated the world's cities

  • Opinion

    Flashback

    2008-06-30T11:58:14Z

    30 years ago in Chemistry in Britain

  • CLASSIC-KIT-300
    Opinion

    Erlenmeyer flask

    2008-06-30T11:08:00Z

    George Bernard Shaw once described Britain and America as being 'two countries divided by a common language

  • Periodic table of the elements – 69 – Thulium
    Podcast

    Thulium

    2008-06-25T00:00:00Z

    Named for a mysterious land in the north, Thulium celebrates Scandinavian culture

  • Periodic table of the elements – 50 – Tin
    Podcast

    Tin

    2008-06-18T00:00:00Z

     The element that gave birth to the Bronze Age and changed the course of industry

  • Periodic table of the elements – 22 – Titanium
    Podcast

    Titanium

    2008-06-11T00:00:00Z

    Simon Cotton explores the key to brightness

  • Periodic table of the elements – 74 – Tungsten
    Podcast

    Tungsten

    2008-06-04T00:00:00Z

    How the Swedish name for 'heavy stone' informed an element's future

  • Opinion

    Flashback

    2008-05-28T11:29:02Z

    20 years ago in Chemistry in Britain

  • CLASSIC-KIT-180
    Opinion

    Drechsel's bottle

    2008-05-28T09:08:00Z

    Western travellers to the East fuelled a fashion for Orientalism which reached its height in the 19th century

  • Periodic table of the elements – 92 – Uranium
    Podcast

    Uranium

    2008-05-14T00:00:00Z

    Infamous for its role in nuclear energy, this element is also responsible for geothermal heat and beautiful green glass

  • Periodic table of the elements – 23 – Vanadium
    Podcast

    Vanadium

    2008-05-07T00:00:00Z

    Any colour you like, as long as it's black. Or red, blue, green, yellow...

  • Periodic table of the elements – 54 – Xenon
    Podcast

    Xenon

    2008-04-30T00:00:00Z

    Bright lights and a bright future for an element discovered at the end of the nineteenth century

  • Opinion

    Flashback

    2008-04-28T12:55:32Z

    30 years ago in Chemistry in Britain

  • CLASSIC-KIT-300
    Opinion

    Kjeldahl flask

    2008-04-28T11:01:00Z

    Beer has made an immense contribution to humanity generally and to chemists in particular

  • Periodic table of the elements – 70 – Ytterbium
    Podcast

    Ytterbium

    2008-04-23T00:00:00Z

     The lanthanide that can counter the counterfeiters

  • Periodic table of the elements – 39 – Yttrium
    Podcast

    Yttrium

    2008-04-16T00:00:00Z

    In lasers, televisions and superconductors, yttrium is a wide ranging supporting character

  • Periodic table of the elements – 30 – Zinc
    Podcast

    Zinc

    2008-04-09T00:00:00Z

    We're still very intimate with this element that was known to the ancients

  • Periodic table of the elements – 40 – Zirconium
    Podcast

    Zirconium

    2008-04-02T00:00:00Z

    It holds the key to nuclear energy, and it's got a gem-like name

  • Opinion

    Flashback

    2008-03-26T14:20:50Z

    40 years ago in Chemistry in Britain

  • Opinion

    Vigreux's column

    2008-03-26T13:06:00Z

    Does anyone blow glass in chemistry labs any more?