History -Chemical History of UCL

1881 New Lab

In 1881, the North and South wings of the college, which were on the original plans, were at last built, and Chemistry moved into accommodation in the North Wing, which now houses the Slade School.

The teaching laboratory is shown as an engraving and as photograph on below. The engraving makes it look more like a cathedral than a laboratory. The students called the alcoves in which they worked, "horse-boxes".

Etching of Teaching Laboratory	Photograph of the Teaching Laboratory
Another view of the horseboxes.

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