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The Balliol-Trinity Laboratories in Oxford
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, England
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, was an early chemistry laboratory at the University of Oxford
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.
The laboratory was located between Balliol College
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and Trinity College, 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
The Physical and Theoretical Chemistry Laboratory (PTCL) is a major chemistry laboratory at the University of Oxford, England. It is located in the main Science Area of the university on South Parks Road. Previously it was known as the Physical ...
(PCL) was constructed by Oxford University in the Science Area
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Overview
The main part of the Science Area is located to the south of the University Parks and to the nort ...
.
People
The following scientists of note worked in the Balliol-Trinity Laboratories: * E. J. Bowen * Sir John Conroy * Sir Harold Hartley * SirCyril Norman Hinshelwood
Sir Cyril Norman Hinshelwood (19 June 1897 – 9 October 1967) was a British physical chemist and expert in chemical kinetics. His work in reaction mechanisms earned the 1956 Nobel Prize in chemistry.
Education
Born in London, his parents ...
(Nobel Prize
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winner)
* Henry Moseley
Henry Gwyn Jeffreys Moseley (; 23 November 1887 – 10 August 1915) was an English physicist, whose contribution to the science of physics was the justification from physical laws of the previous empirical and chemical concept of the atomic num ...
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 r ...
, another early chemistry laboratory in Oxford
* Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford
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Overview
The department has several laboratories in the Scienc ...
* Physical Chemistry Laboratory
The Physical and Theoretical Chemistry Laboratory (PTCL) is a major chemistry laboratory at the University of Oxford, England. It is located in the main Science Area of the university on South Parks Road. Previously it was known as the Physical ...
, which replaced the Balliol-Trinity Laboratories
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