All articles by Andrea Sella – Page 3

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Podbielniak’s contactor

2021-09-03T08:30:00Z

How a new spin on separation produced petroleum, penicillin and much more
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Kyrides’ seal

2021-07-30T08:50:00Z

How a penniless immigrant made himself at home in the lab
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Black’s balance

2021-07-01T08:35:00Z

It ain’t what you use, it’s the way that you use it
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Skarstrom’s separator

2021-06-04T08:50:00Z

Producing oxygen and other gases from the atmosphere
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Losev’s diodes

2021-05-07T08:43:00Z

Shining a light on the origins of the now-ubiquitous LED
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Raspail’s microscope

2021-04-08T08:50:00Z

Whoever said optical microscopy is not for chemists?
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Ruska’s microscope

2021-02-22T15:32:00Z

Transforming our view of matter by transmitting electrons
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Berzelius’ beaker

2021-02-05T14:41:00Z

Raise a glass to the man behind much of the modern language of chemistry
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The Kuderna–Danish concentrator

2021-01-07T09:41:00Z

The long-term legacy of persistent pesticides
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Berthelot’s bomb calorimeter

2020-12-04T14:34:00Z

The romantic life of the man who measured the heat of combustion
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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
Opinion
Lipson’s strips and Beevers’ balls

2020-05-07T13:46:00Z

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

2020-03-27T09:31:00Z

The link between spa treatments and a common piece of lab equipment
Opinion
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