All Classic kit articles – Page 2

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‘Ruhmkorff’s’ induction coil

2023-08-31T08:37:00Z

The source of a hum since silenced in the laboratory
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Ramsay and Travers’ grease

2023-08-03T08:52:00Z

Filling a vacuum in the low-pressure lubricant market
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The Lindemann brothers’ glass

2023-07-07T09:11:00Z

Transparently a work of art
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Nernst’s calorimeter

2023-06-02T12:30:00Z

The practical side of a theoretical legend
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Sorel’s plates

2023-05-04T08:28:00Z

Still the first mathematical model of distillation
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Barlow’s models

2023-04-05T08:47:00Z

A three-dimensional picture enlivens a thousand words
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Sauerbrey’s crystal microbalance

2023-03-03T09:55:00Z

A creative balance between fields
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Malus’s rays

2023-02-09T09:30:00Z

Getting polarisation right despite theorising molecules of light
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Wurtz’s ball tube

2023-01-05T14:50:00Z

Turning fractional distillation into a whole new ball game
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Willstätter’s nail

2022-12-16T10:00:00Z

A microscale filtration aid pinned to the wrong name
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Davy’s ‘arch’

2022-11-01T13:30:00Z

A bright spark who shone an intense light on chemistry
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Tesla’s coils

2022-10-14T08:16:00Z

The windings behind the cult icon
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Leclanché’s cell

2022-08-26T08:43:00Z

The ancestor of the disposable batteries we use in our daily lives
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Poggendorf’s mirror

2022-08-10T13:39:00Z

Reflecting on the motion of compass needles
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Callendar’s platinum thermometer

2022-07-07T08:35:00Z

Solving the hot topic of accurate and reproducible temperature measurement
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Beilstein’s handbook

2022-06-09T08:37:00Z

A digital database just isn’t as evocative as the smell of the stacks
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Sheldrick’s SHELX

2022-05-13T09:50:00Z

From code on a Titan to becoming the titan of crystal structure determination
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Weston’s cell

2022-03-31T08:36:00Z

The dynamo at the forefront of electrochemistry
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Hampson’s air liquefier

2022-02-04T10:00:00Z

A heated spat about cooling air
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Rosinger’s stirrer

2022-01-13T15:10:00Z

The mesmerising magic of magnetic mixing