Govenment Laboratories
Date
1901
Creator - Organisation
George Newnes Limited, Publisher
Object type
Archive reference number
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 142mm
width (print): 199mm
width (print): 199mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Interior view of the Government Laboratories at Clement's Inn Passage, Strand, London. Showing male technicians engaged in various tasks at laboratory benches, including [right of image] analysis of bottles of wine. Thomas Edward Thrope appears towards the background centre of the image.
Captioned in pencil: 'Analysis of food & drink (in general)'; and in pencil 'G. Philip & Son'. With instructions for size of reproduction. 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: 'The main laboratory: testing alcoholic drinks, botanic beers, tinctures, etc.'.
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.
Captioned in pencil: 'Analysis of food & drink (in general)'; and in pencil 'G. Philip & Son'. With instructions for size of reproduction. 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: 'The main laboratory: testing alcoholic drinks, botanic beers, tinctures, etc.'.
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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