New Books in Oesper (history of chemistry collection)

Six new acquisitions have been added to the Oesper collection. Click here to see the details in the May-June 2018 list.

For more information about Oesper and the apparatus museum, click here.

If you have any questions about this collection, contact Ted Baldwin, Director of Science and Engineering Libraries, at Ted.Baldwin@uc.edu.

New Books in Oesper (History of Chemistry)

Two interesting publications by and about Dr. William Jensen, the curator of the Oesper Museum, have been added to the Oesper history of chemistry book collection.  Click here to see the details in the March-April 2018 list.

For more information about Oesper and the apparatus museum, click here.

If you have any questions about this collection, contact Ted Baldwin, Director of Science and Engineering Libraries, at Ted.Baldwin@uc.edu.

 

Recent Instrument Acquisitions, Notes from the Oesper Collections, No. 48, January/February 2018

A circa 1950 Spencer colorimeter.

A circa 1950 Spencer colorimeter

Issue 48 updates the reader on recent additions to the instruments covered in our booklet series on the history of chemical apparatus.

Click here for all other issues of Notes from the Oesper Collections and to explore the Jensen-Thomas Apparatus Collection.

 

 

 

 

Fleeing the Center : Notes from the Oesper Collections, No. 47, November/December 2017

A Babcock centrifuge and graduated test bottles

A Babcock centrifuge and graduated test bottles

Issue 47 gives a brief history of the laboratory centrifuge illustrated by various instruments in the Oesper Collections.

 

 

 

Click here for all other issues of Notes from the Oesper Collections and to explore the Jensen-Thomas Apparatus Collection.