All History articles – Page 41

  • Opinion

    Flashback

    2011-08-30T09:49:29Z

    35 years ago in Chemistry in Britain

  • Opinion

    McLeod's Vacuum Guage

    2011-08-26T14:02:00Z

    The simmering tensions between science and religion

  • A freshly-scored opium poppy seedpod bleeding latex.
    Podcast

    Morphine

    2011-08-24T00:00:00Z

    Pain relief: provided by nature, often abused

  • Opinion

    Flashback

    2011-07-29T09:11:15Z

    15 years ago in Chemistry in Britain

  • An image of blue liquid being poured into a beaker containing clear liquid.
    Opinion

    Griffin's beaker

    2011-07-28T15:08:00Z

    What's in a name?

  • Opinion

    Flashback

    2011-06-30T11:52:11Z

    20 years ago in Chemistry in Britain

  • Evans balance schematic
    Opinion

    The Evans balance

    2011-06-30T09:50:00Z

    Easy to use and robust, the Evans or JM balance has been on the market in various forms since 1974

  • Balloon and nitrous oxide canister after use.
    Podcast

    Nitrous oxide

    2011-06-01T00:00:00Z

    From Preistley's early experiments to the latest 'hippy crack' phase, we take a look at the history of laughing gas

  • Opinion

    Flashback

    2011-05-31T13:07:30Z

    20 years ago in Chemistry in Britain

  • CLASSIC-KIT-300
    Opinion

    Volta's piles

    2011-05-31T11:40:00Z

    Lightning is one of the great metaphors for the creative process

  • Opinion

    Flashback

    2011-04-28T10:03:08Z

    20 years ago in Chemistry in Britain

  • Opinion

    Hershberg's stirrer

    2011-04-28T09:09:00Z

    A deceptively simple stirrer

  • Mould on jam
    Podcast

    Penicillin

    2011-04-13T00:00:00Z

    A world-changing antibacterial compound born from the horrors of war

  • FEATURE-Boyle-300
    Feature

    Doubts and paradoxes

    2011-03-30T10:28:00Z

    Robert Boyle's The sceptical chymist still holds lessons for the modern chemist - 350 years after its publication, as Mike Sutton discovers

  • Opinion

    Flashback

    2011-03-30T10:23:22Z

    25 years ago in Chemistry in Britain

  • CLASSIC-KIT-150
    Opinion

    Pardy apparatus

    2011-03-29T15:02:00Z

    Martin Luther Kings great 1963 speech calling for racial equality and an end to discrimination

  • Opinion

    Flashback

    2011-02-24T12:01:34Z

    45 years ago in Chemistry in Britain

  • CLASSIC-KIT-400
    Opinion

    Warburg's manometer

    2011-02-24T10:45:00Z

    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

  • Opinion

    Flashback

    2011-01-31T11:43:45Z

    20 years ago in Chemistry in Britain

  • CLASSIC-KIT-225
    Opinion

    Craig's rotary evaporator

    2011-01-31T09:18:00Z

    Years ago, a non-chemist friend of mine visiting my lab asked me what a rotavap was for