All Classic kit articles – Page 9
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OpinionWheatstone's Bridge
Of all the paradigms of science, the idea of equilibrium is one of the most fundamental
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OpinionWeissenberg's Camera
In so many societies, bread is the stuff of life the cornerstone of existence
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OpinionThe Evans balance
Easy to use and robust, the Evans or JM balance has been on the market in various forms since 1974
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OpinionPardy apparatus
Martin Luther Kings great 1963 speech calling for racial equality and an end to discrimination
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OpinionWarburg's manometer
It is probably fair to say that for all its crucial importance to the smooth running of society, accountancy seldom generates great excitement or wide acclaim
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OpinionCraig's rotary evaporator
Years ago, a non-chemist friend of mine visiting my lab asked me what a rotavap was for
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Bridgman's seal
The most reductive of literary critics are wont to say that there are only seven kinds of stories
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OpinionGooch's crucible
Many years ago, a friend of mine teased me about how I, as a chemist, would probably die young of some dread occupational disease
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OpinionHaldane's blood gas analyser
Félix Houphouët-Boigny, who steered Ivory Coast to independence in 1959, was known as the Sage of Africa
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OpinionMorton flask
Baldassarre Castiglione wrote that the perfect gentleman should 'affect in all things sprezzatura' - artful effortlessness
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OpinionDean-Stark apparatus
If there is any single substance that unites pretty much all chemists, it has to be water