All History articles – Page 51

  • Opinion

    Flashback

    2008-01-28T14:10:35Z

    30 years ago in Chemistry in Britain

  • CLASSIC-KIT-150
    Opinion

    Sprengel pump

    2008-01-28T13:59:00Z

    It has long been said that nature abhors a vacuum

  • Opinion

    Flashback

    2007-12-20T14:38:27Z

    40 years ago in Chemistry in Britain

  • CLASSIC-KIT-200
    Opinion

    Schlenk apparatus

    2007-12-20T14:20:00Z

    Wilhelm Johann Schlenk, the German chemist who prepared some of the first organosodium and organolithium compounds, and developed the inert-atmosphere techniques now common in many labs

  • Opinion

    Flashback

    2007-11-28T15:18:07Z

    20 years ago in Chemistry in Britain

  • Opinion

    Beckmann thermometer

    2007-11-28T14:11:00Z

    There was a time, long ago, that few of us remember, when you couldn't just head down to the basement and get a quick NMR or mass spectrum of your latest compound

  • Opinion

    Flashback

    2007-10-26T13:33:22Z

    20 years ago in Chemistry in Britain

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    Opinion

    Kipp's apparatus

    2007-10-26T11:24:00Z

    If there's one piece of glassware other than a conical flask that spells the word 'chemistry' in the minds of most people it is Kipp's apparatus

  • CLASSIC-KIT-200
    Opinion

    Bunsen burner

    2007-10-02T12:24:00Z

    In terms of equipment associated with science, few, if any, are more iconic...

  • Opinion

    Flashback

    2007-10-01T13:48:34Z

    40 years ago in Chemistry in Britain

  • Opinion

    Flashback

    2007-08-28T14:22:55Z

    20 years ago in Chemistry in Britain

  • Rudolf Signer (1903-1990)
    Opinion

    Soxhlet extractor

    2007-08-28T13:32:00Z

    One sure-fire way of entering the chemical pantheon is to get your name associated with a piece of kit

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    Feature

    The enduring image

    2007-07-26T12:11:00Z

    In the commercial battle between digital and analogue photography, physics eventually prevailed. Here, Mike Ware reveals how chemistry shaped the history of photographic images

  • Opinion

    Flashback

    2007-07-26T11:45:07Z

    30 years ago in Chemistry in Britain

  • Opinion

    Flashback

    2007-06-29T14:02:10Z

    30 years ago in Chemistry in Britain

  • Opinion

    Flashback

    2007-05-29T13:38:53Z

    20 years ago in Chemistry in Britain

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    Feature

    The woman that inspired Faraday

    2007-05-24T13:44:00Z

    Jane Marcet wrote what was to become one of history's most important chemistry books. Hazel Rossotti dips into her pioneering 'Conversations on Chemistry'

  • Opinion

    Flashback

    2007-04-27T09:57:25Z

    20 years ago in Chemistry in Britain

  • Opinion

    Flashback

    2007-03-28T13:35:18Z

    30 years ago in Chemistry in Britain

  • Opinion

    Flashback

    2007-03-01T10:54:11Z

    40 years ago in Chemistry in Britain