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.[1]
History
Chemistry was first recognized as a separate discipline at Oxford University with the construction of this laboratory, attached to the Oxford University Museum of Natural History, and opening in 1860.[2] The laboratory is a stone-built structure to the right of the museum, built in the Victorian Gothic style. The building was one of the first ever purpose-built chemical laboratories anywhere and was extended in 1878. A further major extension adding three wings was completed in 1957.[3] It is still a part of the Department of Chemistry at Oxford University.
The laboratory is beautiful as well as historic.[4]
Gallery
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Oxford University Museum of Natural History (left) and the Abbot's Kitchen chemistry laboratory (right).
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Wood engraving of the Oxford University Museum with the smaller octagonal Abbot's Kitchen building on the right, by W. E. Hodgkin (1855).
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The Radcliffe Science Library with the Abbot's Kitchen on the left.
See also
- Abbot's Kitchen, Glastonbury, on which the laboratory building was based
- Balliol-Trinity Laboratories, another early Oxford chemistry laboratory
- Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford
- List of octagonal buildings and structures
References
- ↑ "Glastonbury Abbey Photo: The Abbot's Kitchen". TripAdvisor. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
- ↑ "History of Chemistry at the University of Oxford". UK: Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
- ↑ "The "Abbots Kitchen" by the Oxford University Museum of Natural History". UK: Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
- ↑ "The 10 Most Beautiful College Science Labs". Lab Tests Blog. 20 June 2012. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Abbot's Kitchen, Oxford. |
- Bashkin, James (30 August 2006). "P8300885 Abbot's Kitchen Oxford Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory". Flickr. Retrieved 26 August 2015.