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Cavendish Laboratory : Rogers and Barkla glassblowing in the practical class

Cavendish Laboratory

<p style='text-align: justify;'>Glassblowing was an important skill for all experimental physicists at the Cavendish, as they had to construct all their apparatus theselves with very little money for materials. For a long time this skill was taught to research students by James Chadwick. A summer course was held in the in the attic of the 1896 Laboratory extension which was referred to as the 'Nursery'. Rogers and Barla are shown glassblowing in a practical class. Photo by J.H. Fremlin.</p>

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