England – The Episodic Table of Elements

The Episodic Table Of Elements Holiday Special

December 20, 2023

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Art & Science, Bubble Lights, Charles Dickens, Christmas, Education, Electricity, England, Henry Dircks, Holidays, Humphry Davy, Illumination, John Millington, John Pepper, Literature, Magnetism, Medicine, Michael Faraday, Mike Wooldridge, Oxidation, Pepper's Ghost, Poisons, Popular Science, The Royal Institution, The Royal Polytechnic Institution

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♪ O chemistry, o chemistry, the study of all matter ♫

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An illustration of cretinism from the 1800s, with an emphasis on goiter.

53. Iodine: Purple Haze

January 27, 2020

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Bernard Courtois, England, Etymology, Fallout, France, Gandhi, Gunpowder, Humphry Davy, Imperialism, India, Joseph Gay-Lussac, Medicine, Michael Faraday, Napoleon, Psychiatry

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We’ll pull in our elemental haul from the sea while Lady Jane Davy spits in the ocean.

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49. Indium: The Spectre Of Isaac

November 11, 2019

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Alchemy, Color, Crime, East India Company, England, Etymology, Ferdinand Reich, Hieronymus Richter, Illumination, Imperialism, India, Isaac Newton, Numismatics, Optics, Perception, Spectroscopy, Television, William Chaloner

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The story of indium is pretty straightforward, but its namesake is practically impossible to pin down.

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48. Cadmium: Don’t You Know That You’re Toxic?

October 28, 2019

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Art & Science, Biology, Claude Monet, England, Etymology, France, Friedrich Stromeyer, Japan, Karl Hermann, Medicine, Poisons, Sam Kean, Tobacco, Vaping, Yellow

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Cadmium will let you choose among a range of orange-ish hues, but it’s some pretty awful news if you contract the “cadmium blues.”

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