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Tools of the Trade Episodes

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    X-Rays

    The oldest surviving X-ray equipment was made in 1896 by Dr John Reynolds

  2. Scales

    A tool vital to commerce and science laboratories - balances and scales

  3. The Barometer

    An examination of a tool most vital to meteorology - the barometer

  4. The Needle

    An instrument designed to help but feared by many

  5. The Thermometer

    A tool used by chemists, cooks and doctors - the thermometer

  6. The Fruit Fly

    Why was the common fruit fly key to the study of DNA?

  7. The Sextant

    A sextant is a measurement tool

  8. Telescope

    The first telescope was invented in the Netherlands at the beginning of the 17th Century

  9. Microscope

    The history and uses of the modern microscope