Yesterday I put the finishing touches on the latest instalment of #classickit that will be out on November 1st.
It was a bit of a fluke. I stumbled across the marvel shown in the picture while learning about extinct distillation glassware. And then to my […]

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Just submitted a #classickit column that muses about book burning and the risks of losing knowledge and accumulated human thought.
It is in my thoughts for many reasons, but not because my elderly mother has about 12,000 volumes in her flat.

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Throwin’ it back with the Delmar 1960s Black Oyster Pearl – the classic Ringo finish that made Ludwig drums legendary.
That swirl. That sparkle. That sound.

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#classickit takes me to amazing places. Today it's a journal published in Cairo, MIDÉO, Mélanges de l'institut dominicain des études orientales (Miscellanies of the Dominican Institute for Oriental Studies in Cairo).
I mean, seriously, what an amazing thing to dip into. But infuriatingly there […]

@luddchem Meh! Tenor schmenor. Your list of Italian themed minerals won't be complete until you've covered #sellaite.

If you don't know who Sella was, I've written about him indirectly in my #classickit on William Hyde Wollaston […]

The latest #classickit is about a lab rat. A man who is remembered for many discoveries for fabulous explanations but who, deep down, liked nothing more than to go "home" to the lab.

I should be marking or writing an op-ed. But instead I'm deep down a #classickit rabbit hole about glass formulations in the early 20th century. It's been something I've poked about trying to figure out a few times. And suddenly the whole thing has begun to unfold. Tomorrow we mark. #mañana […]

Another edition of #classickit put to bed today, about the man who tried to convince the Prince Regent to back his new invention and failed. But on the way he accidentally did the first mass demonstration of fluorescence. At sea, of all places. Tragically the Illustrated London News didn't […]

In the latest #classickit I start to trace the prehistory of ion exchange and zeolites. Along the way I found a completely forgotten UCL Chemistry alumnus, John T Way, who is sometimes referred to as "The Father of Soil Science", who made the first real investigation of how soil affects metal […]

My latest #classickit article is out, inspired by @roller. This is the prehistory of what you suggested: the Paneth mirror method.
Fritz Paneth showed that methyl radicals were not only possible but could be made to react in interesting ways. He made and erased lead mirrors made from tetramethyl […]

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Mirror mirror on the wall,
who's the least stable one of all?

#classickit

When you read it, you will find a glaring glaring omission that is entirely deliberate.

Another #classickit submitted. It’s a tale of two mirrors. Sometimes three. Mirrors for synthesis and mirrors for analysis, in one of the most beautiful chemical experiments of the 20th century.

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Episode 195 – There’s Still Good In You
T-Shirt, data retention, Apple CC, AI degree, https://t.co/IaiBrFx90B, ClassicKit, Logitech Crayon, solar iPhone X, Apple Store, Apple self-driving cars, Picks: UIKonf Livestream, Visual Studio Code, ML, Amazon HQ 2
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@SellaTheChemist 1816 description of #classickit on ebay 201019258520. Like experiment3 for kids- add acid to tea cup of turpntine on hearth