All articles by Andrea Sella – Page 5

Opinion
Couette’s cell

2018-09-06T15:30:00Z

Maurice Marie Alfred Couette, French physicist (1858-1943) and pioneer in fluid dynamics
Opinion
Le Rossignol’s valve

2018-08-07T10:30:00Z

The forgotten British contribution to the Haber–Bosch process
Opinion
Simon’s electrodes

2018-07-04T12:00:00Z

The twisting tale of how ion-selective electrodes were developed
Opinion
Gattermann’s cookbook

2018-06-06T09:00:00Z

The story of the man whose chemistry textbook saved Primo Levi’s life
Opinion
Heyrovský’s drops

2018-05-01T09:00:00Z

The Nobel-winning invention that changed electrochemistry
Opinion
Knudsen's gauge

2018-04-03T09:00:00Z

The kit that showed you could trust the atom
Opinion
Czochralski’s pulley

2018-03-08T10:00:00Z

The inkwell accident that led to solid-state transistors
Podcast
Oganesson

2018-02-15T12:00:00Z

Meet Yuri Oganessian, the elemental explorer forever immortalised on the periodic table
Podcast
Livermorium

2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

Meet the Mayor of Livermore, California, and discover how his city has been immortalised on the periodic table
Opinion
Cremer’s electrode

2018-02-01T10:00:00Z

The kit that brought pH measurement into reality
Opinion
Melloni’s thermomultiplier

2018-01-09T09:00:00Z

How measuring radiant heat gave birth to climate science
Opinion
Witt’s Plate

2017-11-30T10:00:00Z

The chemist caught in the 19th century battle for colour
Opinion
Winkler’s Bed

2017-10-31T09:00:00Z

The accidental discovery that led to fluidisation
Opinion
Bodenstein’s gauge

2017-10-03T09:00:00Z

The apparatus that started a chain reaction of chemical discovery
Opinion
Fabry and Perot's interferometer

2017-08-31T09:00:00Z

The device that changed how we look at light – and our universe
Opinion
Ubbelohde's viscometer

2017-08-01T09:24:00Z

Measuring viscosity is a sticky subject
Opinion
Fenske’s helices

2017-06-29T08:04:00Z

The story behind fractionating column techniques still used today
Opinion
Bourdon’s pressure gauge

2017-05-25T08:55:00Z

The French inventor who knew when to let off steam
Opinion
Houskeeper's seal

2017-04-29T08:07:00Z

How an engineer discovered how to seal metal to glass
Opinion
Von Kleist's jar

2017-03-28T09:30:00Z

The shocking start to the electrical age