Tobacco analysis, Government Laboratories
Date
1901
Creator - Organisation
George Newnes Limited, Publisher
Object type
Archive reference number
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 195mm
width (print): 156mm
width (print): 156mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Interior view of the drying equipment at the Government Laboratories, Clement's Inn Passage, Strand, London. Showing a floor level boiler on the left of the image, with a technician to the right, placing or removing a set of small ceramic dishes from one of a series of wall-mounted and glass-fronted dryers.
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: 'Extracting moisture from tobacco'.
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: 'Extracting moisture from tobacco'.
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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