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With apologies for cross-posting, Viviane *RSC Historical Group Meeting Thursday 19 June 2014 at Burlington House, Piccadilly, London * *Chemistry as a Hobby* *Programme* 1.50 Welcome (Dr John Hudson) and Introduction (Peter Reed) 2.00 Dr Melanie Keen (University of Cambridge) – *From candles to cabinets* 2.45 Professor Frank James (Royal Institution) – *Michael Faraday and the chemical history of a candle * 3.30 Tea 3.45 Dr Salim Al-Gailani (University of Cambridge) – *When chemistry sets became toys* 4.30 Reverend Adrian McLaughlin (Belfast) – *My Home Laboratories: One, Two, Three, Four, Five, Six and Seven* 5.15 Closing remarks (Professor Alan Dronsfield) 5.30 Conclusion of meeting *Note* The programme allows plenty of time for those attending to reminisce about their own experiences and influences. Non-members of the Group are welcome at this meeting. To register for this meeting, please contact the Secretary of the Historical Group, Professor John Nicholson, either by e-mail ( [log in to unmask]) or by post, completing the following slip and sending it with an SAE to Professor John Nicholson, School of Sport, Health & Applied Science, St Mary’s University, Twickenham, Middlesex, TW1 4SX. _________________________________________________________________________________________________- I wish to attend the RSC Historical Group Meeting on Chemistry as a Hobby at Burlington House, Piccadilly London on 19 June 2014 at 1.50pm. Name: Address: -- Dr Viviane Quirke Senior Lecturer in Modern History and History of Medicine Centre for Health, Medicine and Society: Past and Present T 530 Oxford Brookes University Gispy Lane Oxford OX3 0BP