All Classic kit articles – Page 3

Opinion
Black’s balance

2021-07-01T08:35:00Z

It ain’t what you use, it’s the way that you use it
Opinion
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
Opinion
Raspail’s microscope

2021-04-08T08:50:00Z

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

2021-02-22T15:32:00Z

Transforming our view of matter by transmitting electrons
Opinion
Berzelius’ beaker

2021-02-05T14:41:00Z

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

2021-01-07T09:41:00Z

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

2020-12-04T14:34:00Z

The romantic life of the man who measured the heat of combustion
Opinion
Bretherick’s handbook

2020-10-29T14:30:00Z

Compiling the hazards encountered in practical chemistry
Opinion
Leslie’s canisters

2020-10-02T08:45:00Z

For once, the right man gets the credit
Opinion
Fortin’s barometer and balance

2020-09-11T08:52:00Z

Defining a new system of measurement required a master instrument maker
Opinion
Seebeck’s couples

2020-07-31T13:27:00Z

Accurate temperature measurements from an often misunderstood instrument
Opinion
Della Porta’s salt bath

2020-07-02T08:57:00Z

The Inquisition didn’t stop the discovery of something very cool
Opinion
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
Opinion
Hales’ pneumatic trough

2020-01-24T10:06:00Z

The curate who ministered to pneumatic chemistry
Opinion
The story of Quickfit, part three: Scorah’s Quickfit

2020-01-08T12:00:00Z

In the final part of our Classic Kit series, Andrea Sella delves into the life and work of Leslie Scorah, the patenter of Quickfit
Opinion
The story of Quickfit, part two: Flaig’s joints

2020-01-07T12:00:00Z

The second article in a Classic Kit series on Quickfit focuses on the family that introduced standardised ground glass joints to the UK