Motor rocker, Government Laboratories
Date
1901
Creator - Organisation
George Newnes Limited, Publisher
Object type
Archive reference number
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 152mm
width (print): 197mm
width (print): 197mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Interior view showing a small benchtop rotary engine with a burnet beneath, driving a belt attached to a rocking sled upon which two glass jars are mounted horizontally. Taken at the Government Laboratories at Clement's Inn Passage, Strand, London.
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: 'Motor rocker used in extracting lead from fritts and glazes'.
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: 'Motor rocker used in extracting lead from fritts and glazes'.
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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