Stories
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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
Lectures on Chemistry
Date: late 17th - early 19th centuryReference: MS.MSL.104- Books
Van't Hoff - Le Bel centennial : a symposium sponsored by the Division of the History of Chemistry at the 168th meeting of the American Chemical Society, Atlantic City, N.J., Sept. 11-12, 1974 / O. Bertrand Ramsay, editor.
Date: 1975- Archives and manuscripts
Collection of notes of lectures on Chemistry, Mathematics, Physics, etc.
Clermont-Tonnerre, Aimé Marie Gaspard de, 1779-1865.Date: 1800-1801Reference: MSS.1666-1668Part of: Clermont-Tonnerre, Aimé Marie Gaspard de (1779-1865)- Archives and manuscripts
Corporate photography shoots C0007934 - C0010148
Date: 1999-c.2001Reference: WT/B/11/1/35Part of: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive- Books
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The first history of chemistry / by John Ferguson.
Ferguson, John, 1838-1916.Date: [1886]