The history of chemical laboratories: a thematic approach.

Chemical laboratories have existed since the late sixteenth century. Two basic designs have dominated this history: a furnace-centred laboratory based on earlier alchemical workshops up to around 1820 and then a design based on the use of the Bunsen burner with benches and bottle racks since the 1850s (the "classical" laboratory). New designs with a focus on health and safety began to appear at the end of the twentieth century.

The fall and rise of the history of recent chemistry.

This paper defines the history of recent chemistry, and then charts the disappearance of the history of recent chemistry ("how we got here" history) from general histories of chemistry by the late 1930s. It is also shown how the history of recent chemistry in the early decades of the twentieth century was very much the history of physical chemistry. The revival of the history of recent chemistry is attributed to Eduard Farber and Aaron lhde.

A study in mauve: unveiling Perkin's dye in historic samples.

The analysis of different historic mauve samples--mauve salts and dyed textiles--was undertaken to establish the exact nature of the iconic dye produced by W. H. Perkin in the nineteenth century.