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Despite the name #RareEarthElements, these critical metals are actually fairly abundant. In fact, Cerium, which is used in many industrial processes, is more abundant than copper! #IYPT2019
Chemistry sets: are they really less cool than they used to be? Here's a look at how safety regulations changed the iconic toys. #Distillations
If you were getting ready for the #FirstDayOfSchool in the 1930s, you might have used a vanity set like this! It’s made of celluloid, an early plastic that mimicked the ivory and horn. #MuseumMonday https://t.co/ngwlOZjM3T
Curious about the history of science in #LatinAmerica? This #ScholarSunday, we recommend giving our former research fellow @historyrocio a follow! She studies #envhist and mining in Mexico. (Image, American Vanadium Company mining camp in Peru, 1911. #OthmerLibrary)
The #Distillations podcast returns next Tuesday! Get ready for the fall season by subscribing on your podcatcher of choice. Here's a preview of what we have in store.
Can you patent a living thing? The #Distillations podcast team went looking to answer that question while putting together this story of the Oncomouse. #ArchivesInventions #ArchivesHashtagParty #OthmerLibrary https://t.co/cVlcJ7FVPZ
One night in 1669, a German physician heated a mixture of sand, charcoal, and urine in an effort to discover the Philosopher's Stone. He found something else instead. #IYPT2019 #Distillations https://t.co/8EGikj1dBg
I don't know about you, but this periodic table always makes me feel a little wibbly-wobbly timey-wimey. But you don't have to be #InTheTardis to see it! Just visit the #OthmerLibrary digital collection. #IYPT2019 https://t.co/DgpDYdoZ19
Good news, tea drinkers! It turns out adding tea to milk is *not* the same as adding milk to tea, for chemical reasons. It's science! #Distillations https://t.co/pv3IwLEVBf
Mendeleev presented the first periodic table of chemical elements to the Russian Physicochemical Society #OTD in 1869. To celebrate, we’re sharing alternative layouts of the table from the Edward G. Mazurs Collection of Periodic Systems Images in our #archives. #OthmerLibrary