Pulverising Mill
In 1777 Dr Stephen Hempsted had his new invention patented. His ‘Pulverising Mill’ was designed to replace mortar and pestles for preparing medicines. A new industrial age had begun and … Continue reading Pulverising Mill
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CHEMIST and DRUGGIST [heard the whisper?]
Featuring old front covers of this weekly journal. The film closes with out-takes from Corridors of Power by C P Snow. CHEMIST and DRUGGIST [heard the whisper?]: To play this … Continue reading CHEMIST and DRUGGIST [heard the whisper?]
GORDON’S EXTRACT
Marketing should have no place in science. The origins of a multi-national pharmaceutical company: To play a short film on GORDON’s EXTRACT please click here or on the image above.
Stockwell Street
The Book of Scottish Anecdote shares this story: If you look again at the [above] Victorian photograph of Stockwell Street, you will see that the road leading from it is … Continue reading Stockwell Street
‘NO CAUSE FOR ALARM’
From a British newspaper, 11 August 1900.