Stories
- Article
Bubbles of history
Since the 1960s, scientists have been able to study the air from past centuries by analysing particles in Arctic ice samples. But as the polar ice melts, the future of this research is changing.
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The amateur silversmith
It started as hobby and soon became a passion. Geraldine Holden tells us where the art and science of silver unite.
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Would you like to buy a unicorn?
The story behind why somebody tried to sell Henry Wellcome a unicorn head in 1928.
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The healing power of breathing
The healing powers of different breathing methods are said to help with a range of health challenges, from asthma to PTSD. Effie Webb traces their spiritual origins and explores the modern proliferation of breathwork therapies.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
Correspondence concerning the history of Wellcome Chemical Research Laboratories
Date: 1927-1958Reference: WF/WCRL/09/03Part of: Wellcome Foundation Ltd- Archives and manuscripts
Lectures on Chemistry
Date: late 17th - early 19th centuryReference: MS.MSL.104- Books
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The first history of chemistry / by John Ferguson.
Ferguson, John, 1838-1916.Date: [1886]- Books
Kava - the Pacific elixir : the definitive guide to its ethnobotany, history, and chemistry / Vincent Lebot, Mark Merlin, and Lamont Lindstrom.
Lebot, Vincent.Date: [1997], ©1997- Ephemera
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Perkin jubilee of the coal-tar industry / The Committee of Fifteen, Chas. F. Chandler, chairman [and others].
Date: 1906