Balliol-Trinity Laboratories

The Balliol-Trinity LaboratoriesinOxford, England, was an early chemistry laboratory at the University of Oxford.^[2] The laboratory was located between Balliol College and Trinity College, hence the name.^[3]^[4] It was especially known for physical chemistry.

Chemistry was first recognized as a separate discipline at Oxford University in the 19th century. From 1855, a chemistry laboratory existed in a basement at Balliol College.^[2] 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.^[5] It remained in operation until the Second World War when a new Physical Chemistry Laboratory (PCL) was constructed by Oxford University in the Science Area.^[2]

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 winner)

Henry Moseley

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (August 2015)

Abbot's Kitchen, Oxford, another early chemistry laboratory in Oxford
Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford
Physical Chemistry Laboratory, which replaced the Balliol-Trinity Laboratories

^ Heilbron, John L. (1974). H. G. J. Moseley: The Life and Letters of an English Physicist, 1887–1915. Berkeley & Los Angeles: University of California Press. pp. 9, 27, 29, 33, 36–38, 95. ISBN 0-520-02375-7.

^ ^a ^b ^c Bowen, Edmund J. (December 1970). "The Balliol-Trinity Laboratories 1853–1940". Notes and Records of the Royal Society of London. 25 (2): 227–236. doi:10.1098/rsnr.1970.0031. S2CID 143194112.

^ "Chemistry at Balliol: History". Balliol College Archives & Manuscripts. UK: Balliol College, Oxford. Retrieved 26 August 2015.

^ "Chemistry". UK: Trinity College, Oxford. Retrieved 26 August 2015.

^ Williams, Robert J. P.; Chapman, Allan; Rowlinson, John S. (2009). Chemistry at Oxford: A History from 1600 to 2005. Royal Society of Chemistry. p. 118. ISBN 978-0854041398.

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