Chemistry and Materials
New science, new materials, new power
A second industrial revolution brings electricity and science-based products.
New choices in consumer goods
While goods get cheaper, some fight on for ‘truth to materials’ and ‘good design’.
Blockmaking
Pulley blocks in a ship's rigging may appear insignificant, but the machinery invented to build them at Portsmouth dockyard played a major role in manufacturing history.
Marie Curie
Marie Curie and the history of radioactivity: find out about the extraordinary work of Marie Curie and her family.
King George III
The King George III Collection at the Science Museum is a unique assembly of early apparatus for demonstrating scientific principles. Through these objects scientists were able to disseminate their knowledge of the 'new science'.