Butter analysis, Govenment Laboratories
Date
1901
Creator - Organisation
George Newnes Limited, Publisher
Object type
Archive reference number
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 143mm
width (print): 160mm
width (print): 160mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Interior view of a benchtop with distillation equipment at the Government Laboratories, Clement's Inn Passage, Strand, London. Showing two angled Liebig condensors, a volumetric flask, stands, and other chemical analysis equipment.
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: 'Butter-testing apparatus, for distilling the volatile acids and measuring the angle of refraction'.
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: 'Butter-testing apparatus, for distilling the volatile acids and measuring the angle of refraction'.
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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