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Coal Tar Colour Works at Greenford in 1858 & 1873. Plant belonging to W. H. Perkin and his brother, T. D. Perkin.

Accum's gas-making installation. 19th C

C. Tomlinson, Illustrations of Useful Arts and Manufactures. Chemistry: Industry. 1858

Berthelot's apparatus for determining the heat of combustion of solids and liquids, for substances of low temperature of ignition and non-explosive.

Berthelot's apparatus for determining heat of combustion.

Apparatus for decomposition of potash. 19th C

Sectio of Coal Tar Colour Works at Greenford in 1858 & 1873. Plant belonging to W. H. Perkin and his brother, T. D. Perkin.

Section of Coal Tar Colour Works at Greenford. 19th C

Liebig's condensers. 19th C

Dalton: formulae for ether & alcohol. 1819

Crooks spiral representing the evolution of elements

Crooks spiral representing evolution of elements, 1888

Glass retort with stopper. Type in use in the mid 19th Century.

Glass retort with stopper. mid 19th C

Design for a general laboratory. 1822

Liebig's combination tube and arrangement for drying contents by heat and evacuation before starting analysis.

Liebig's combination tube and drying apparatus. 19th C

Apparatus used by Berthelot in his work on the composition of gases in organic chemistry. Used for working over mercury.

Chemistry apparatus used by Berthelot

Table to show the value of the osmotic pressure for sugar solutions of various concentrations. Graham's dialyser

Table of osmotic pressure for various solutions. 19th C

John Dalton. Formulae for 4 organic acids. 1810-1815

Cross-section of Berthelot's calorimetric bomb, showing the internal arrangement. The bomb was designed for measuring the heat of combustion of explosive substances.

Berthelot's calorimetric bomb: cross section.

John Dalton: Composition & size of atoms. 1806-1809

Bunsen water bath, 1850

Liebig's apparatus for organic analysis modified by Hofmann for use with gas as source of heat.

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Coal Tar Colour Works at Greenford in 1858 & 1873. Plant belonging to W. H. Perkin and his brother, T. D. Perkin.

Accum's gas-making installation. 19th C

C. Tomlinson, Illustrations of Useful Arts and Manufactures. Chemistry: Industry. 1858

Berthelot's apparatus for determining heat of combustion.

Apparatus for decomposition of potash. 19th C

Section of Coal Tar Colour Works at Greenford. 19th C

Liebig's condensers. 19th C

Dalton: formulae for ether & alcohol. 1819

Crooks spiral representing evolution of elements, 1888

Glass retort with stopper. mid 19th C

Design for a general laboratory. 1822

Accum's gas-making installation. 19th C

Liebig's combination tube and drying apparatus. 19th C

Chemistry apparatus used by Berthelot

Table of osmotic pressure for various solutions. 19th C

John Dalton. Formulae for 4 organic acids. 1810-1815

Berthelot's calorimetric bomb: cross section.

John Dalton: Composition & size of atoms. 1806-1809

Bunsen water bath, 1850

Liebig's apparatus for organic analysis. 19th C

Liebigs apparatus for organic analysis, 1831

Bunsens Gas Analysis Apparatus, 1857

John Dalton: Combustion of methene. 1804 ?

Dalton's symbols of the elements. 1806

John Dalton: Formulae for water and ammonia. 1807

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Coal Tar Colour Works at Greenford in 1858 & 1873. Plant belonging to W. H. Perkin and his brother, T. D. Perkin.

Accum's gas-making installation. 19th C

C. Tomlinson, Illustrations of Useful Arts and Manufactures. Chemistry: Industry. 1858

Berthelot's apparatus for determining heat of combustion.

Apparatus for decomposition of potash. 19th C

Section of Coal Tar Colour Works at Greenford. 19th C

Liebig's condensers. 19th C

Dalton: formulae for ether & alcohol. 1819

Crooks spiral representing evolution of elements, 1888

Glass retort with stopper. mid 19th C

Design for a general laboratory. 1822

Accum's gas-making installation. 19th C

Liebig's combination tube and drying apparatus. 19th C

Chemistry apparatus used by Berthelot

Table of osmotic pressure for various solutions. 19th C

John Dalton. Formulae for 4 organic acids. 1810-1815

Berthelot's calorimetric bomb: cross section.

John Dalton: Composition & size of atoms. 1806-1809

Bunsen water bath, 1850

Liebig's apparatus for organic analysis. 19th C

Liebigs apparatus for organic analysis, 1831

Bunsens Gas Analysis Apparatus, 1857

John Dalton: Combustion of methene. 1804 ?

Dalton's symbols of the elements. 1806

John Dalton: Formulae for water and ammonia. 1807

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