All articles by Andrea Sella – Page 4

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The story of Quickfit, part one: Friedrich's joints

2020-01-06T12:05:00Z

In the first article in a special Classic Kit series on Quickfit, Andrea Sella tracks the origin of standardised ground glass joints to 1900s Prussia
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Papin’s digester

2019-10-01T08:35:00Z

An early pressure cooker with the crucial addition of a safety valve
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Lawrence’s cyclotron

2019-09-04T14:00:00Z

The instrument that transformed our understanding of atoms
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Kathleen Lonsdale’s crystallography tables

2019-08-01T09:30:00Z

No princes were needed on the quest for structure factors
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Maudslay's micrometer

2019-07-05T09:30:00Z

A revolution in metalworking tools
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Svedberg’s ultracentrifuge

2019-06-04T09:31:00Z

The innovation that led to a Nobel prize
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Geissler’s glassware

2019-05-02T09:30:00Z

How the supreme glassblower of his day shows the value of technical staff
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Verneuil’s rubies

2019-03-29T09:30:00Z

How French chemists perfected the art of making gemstones
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King Edgar’s standards

2019-03-07T11:18:00Z

How a Saxon monarch is still influencing chemistry labs
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The Likens-Nickerson Apparatus

2019-02-05T09:30:00Z

Tracking down an obscure kit’s creator can make you hopping mad
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Nicholson’s Aereometer

2018-12-17T09:19:00Z

The forgotten discoverer of electrolysis returns to the spotlight
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The Koflers’ hotbench

2018-12-04T09:25:00Z

Why do we bother with melting point measurements?
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Descroizilles’ Berthollimêtre

2018-11-01T09:30:00Z

The story of how a French chemist discovered titration
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Argand’s lamp

2018-10-04T10:30:00Z

The innovation that gave light to the world
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Couette’s cell

2018-09-06T15:30:00Z

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

2018-08-07T10:30:00Z

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

2018-07-04T12:00:00Z

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

2018-06-06T09:00:00Z

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

2018-05-01T09:00:00Z

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

2018-04-03T09:00:00Z

The kit that showed you could trust the atom