A window into the history of chemistry

Visitors both young and old at the Liebig Museum in Giessen Germany, are thrilled when the sparks begin to fly and things start to bubble and hiss. The experiments carried out in the museum's historic lecture hall offer a fascinating window into the history of chemistry. Audiences at the lectures can vividly imagine how things were when Justus Liebig taught here from 1824 to 1852. More Information at M - The Explorer Magazine: https://www.emdgroup.com/en

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