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Photo of an old manuscript

The Newton Mess

Distillations Article
Page from Isaac Newton’s copy of the Preparation of the [Sophick] Mercury for the [Philosophers’] Stone

Science History Institute Receives NEH/AHRC Grant
Press Release
print of a Goya etchingq

How the Elements Got Their Names

Distillations Article
Robert W. Gore demonstrating the expansion of ePTFE, ca. 1982.

Science History Institute Mourns Loss of Bob Gore
Press Release
The Instrumental Chemist video title image

‘The Instrumental Chemist: The Incredible Curiosity of Arnold O. Beckman’ Released Nationwide on Video on Demand
Press Release

Science History Institute and Fondation de la Maison de la Chimie Announce Winners of 2020 Franklin-Lavoisier Prize
Press Release
Letter from Percy Julian to ACS president 1956

A Message from the Science History Institute about Black Lives Matter
Press Release
Woman in laboratory at Hercules Hopewell plant

Women in Science
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Edison wax cylinder phonograph

Distilled #12: Edison’s Record Player

Distillations Video
Cuban postage stamp commemorating Pierre and Marie Curie’s discovery of radium

Philadelphia Inquirer: In Museums—Suffrage, Scandal, Sloths, and Rebellion
Media Coverage
Surrealist painting of artist drawing planet on canvas

How the First American Science Writer Found (Then Lost) God in the Cosmic Ray

Distillations Article
Dutch tea advertisement

Ronald Fisher, a Bad Cup of Tea, and the Birth of Modern Statistics

Distillations Article
Painting of William and Caroline Herschel standing in a study, surrounded by star charts and telescopes

Making Space for Women in Astronomy

Distillations Article
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