Beer analysis, Govenment Laboratories
Date
1901
Creator - Organisation
George Newnes Limited, Publisher
Object type
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Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 118mm
width (print): 164mm
width (print): 164mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Interior view of a benchtop with beer and sugar samples at the Government Laboratories, Clement's Inn Passage, Strand, London. Showing a volumetric flask on a stand near to a gas burner, and a series of conical flasks with filter funnels on the bench. Various other pieces of glassware, including bottles and storage jars are shown, including chemical jars [one labelled 'zinc' at the left of the image] mainly on wall mounted shelving.
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: 'Arsenical beer and sugar samples under examination'.
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: 'Arsenical beer and sugar samples under examination'.
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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