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New Books in Oesper (History of Chemistry)

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Click here to see what new acquisitions have been recently added to the Oesper history of chemistry book collection.

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

If you have any questions about this collection, please 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

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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.

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

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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.

 

 

 

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Named Glassware, Notes from the Oesper Collections, No. 46, September/October 2017

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Assorted 19th-century round-bottom wine flasks from the Oesper Collections

Assorted 19th-century round-bottom wine flasks
from the Oesper Collections

Issue 46 explains that common laboratory glassware is often named after famous chemists of the past, though the exact reason for these name choices is not always obvious.

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