Stories
- Article
The chymist’s trade card
An 18th-century trade card reveals far more than its owner may have intended.
- Article
What is air, and how do we know?
Watching bubbles in fermenting beer led 18th-century scientist Joseph Priestley to invent sparkling water – and to discover that different gases make up the air we breathe.
- Article
Would you like to buy a unicorn?
The story behind why somebody tried to sell Henry Wellcome a unicorn head in 1928.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
Chemistry and Pharmacy
Date: Late 18th CenturyReference: MS.MSL.125 (a & b)- Archives and manuscripts
Chemical lecture notes, Utrecht, 18th century
Date: Late 18th centuryReference: MS.8582Part of: Medical lecture notes, Utrecht, 18th century.- Archives and manuscripts
Alcohol and vinous fermentation
Date: 18th centuryReference: MS.MSL.42/2Part of: Cullen's Lectures on Chemistry- Archives and manuscripts
Fire, its production and effects
Date: 18th centuryReference: MS.MSL.42/3Part of: Cullen's Lectures on Chemistry- Archives and manuscripts
Metals, earths
Date: 18th centuryReference: MS.MSL.42/4Part of: Cullen's Lectures on Chemistry