Government Laboratories
Date
1901
Creator - Organisation
George Newnes Limited, Publisher
Object type
Archive reference number
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 130mm
width (print): 163mm
width (print): 163mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Interior view of the Government Laboratories at Clement's Inn Passage, Strand, London. Showing a young male technician in profile, with a pencil behind his right ear, looking down a microscope on a laboratory bench, with various items of glassware and equipment visible. Behind, on wall shelves, a selection of labelled chemical jars containing named solutions [hydrochloric acid, nitric acid, sulphuric acid, etc.].
Not captioned or stamped. This image was used in the article 'The Government Laboratory', by John Mills, The Strand Magazine, vol.21, May 1901, pp.561-571, and captioned: 'Crown contracts laboratory - soldiers' rations under the microscope'.
From the papers of Thomas Thorpe. Sir Thomas Edward Thorpe (1845-1925), British chemist served as Chief Chemist to the British Government, as Director of the Government Laboratory, from 1894 to 1909. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1863.
Not captioned or stamped. This image was used in the article 'The Government Laboratory', by John Mills, The Strand Magazine, vol.21, May 1901, pp.561-571, and captioned: 'Crown contracts laboratory - soldiers' rations under the microscope'.
From the papers of Thomas Thorpe. Sir Thomas Edward Thorpe (1845-1925), British chemist served as Chief Chemist to the British Government, as Director of the Government Laboratory, from 1894 to 1909. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1863.
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