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Sample of pure potassium in a sealed glass tube, c 1810.

Sample of pure potassium in a sealed glass tube, c 1810.

Display cylinder of zirconium

Display cylinder of zirconium

Star of antimony

Star of Antimony

Circular box filled with granulated zinc. Part of Statham's student chemical laboratory.

Circular box filled with granulated zinc

1860-1900

Circular box filled with iron filings. Part of Statham's student chemical laboratory, 1867-1900.

Circular box filled with iron filings. Part of Statham's student chemical laboratory

1860-1900

Circular box filled with sulphur. Part of Statham's student chemical laboratory.

Circular box filled with sulphur

1860-1900

Small, sealed plastic bag, containing many small green-brown balls, inside of mahogany case, from analytical chemist’s mahogany cabinet, made by Carl Osterland, Freiberg, Sachsen, Germany, 1850

Plastic bag of chemical element, from analytical chemist's cabinet, by Carl Osterland, Germany, 1850

1850

Circular box filled with copper turnings. Part of Statham's student chemical laboratory.

Circular box filled with copper turnings

1860-1900

Circular box filled with granulated tin. Part of Statham's student chemical laboratory, 1867-1900.

Circular box filled with granulated tin. Part of Statham's student chemical laboratory

1860-1900

Circular box filled with magnesium. Part of Statham's student chemical laboratory, 1867-1900.

Circular box filled with magnesium. Part of Statham's student chemical laboratory

1860-1900

Glass bottle that once contained sodium but now contains an unknown chemical residue (likely oil left from storing the sodium). Part of Statham's student chemical laboratory.

Glass bottle labelled "sodium"

1860-1900

Bar of aluminium given when first produced in bar to Faraday by the wish of Louis Napoleon. Faraday added the string to demonstrate to resonant qualities

Bar of aluminium given to Michael Faraday by Napoleon III, c1855

1850-1859