The Balliol-Trinity Laboratories in
Oxford
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,
England
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, was an early
chemistry
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laboratory at the
University of Oxford
, mottoeng = The Lord is my light
, established =
, endowment = £6.1 billion (including colleges) (2019)
, budget = £2.145 billion (2019–20)
, chancellor ...
.
The laboratory was located between
Balliol College
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and
Trinity College Trinity College may refer to:
Australia
* Trinity Anglican College, an Anglican coeducational primary and secondary school in , New South Wales
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, hence the name.
It was especially known for
physical chemistry
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.
Chemistry was first recognized as a separate discipline at
Oxford University
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in the 19th century. From 1855, a chemistry laboratory existed in a basement at Balliol College.
In 1879, Balliol and Trinity agreed to have a laboratory at the boundary of the two colleges. The laboratory became the strongest of the Oxford college research institutions in chemistry.
It remained in operation until the
Second World War
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when a new
Physical Chemistry Laboratory (PCL) was constructed by Oxford University in the
Science Area
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Overview
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.
People
The following scientists of note worked in the Balliol-Trinity Laboratories:
*
E. J. Bowen
* Sir
John Conroy
* Sir
Harold Hartley
* Sir
Cyril Norman Hinshelwood (
Nobel Prize
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winner)
*
Henry Moseley
See also
*
Abbot's Kitchen, Oxford
The Abbot's Kitchen in Oxford, England, is an early chemistry laboratory based on the Abbot's Kitchen at Glastonbury Abbey, a mediaeval 14th-century octagonal building that served as the kitchen at the abbey.
History
Chemistry was first reco ...
, another early chemistry laboratory in Oxford
*
Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford
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*
Physical Chemistry Laboratory, which replaced the Balliol-Trinity Laboratories
References
1879 establishments in England
1940 disestablishments in England
Buildings and structures completed in 1879
Buildings and structures of the University of Oxford
History of the University of Oxford
University and college laboratories in the United Kingdom
Chemistry laboratories
Demolished buildings and structures in England
Balliol College, Oxford
Trinity College, Oxford
Physical chemistry
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