Old Cavendish Laboratory (Cambridge) | laboratories

United Kingdom / England / Cambridge

This building used to house the Cavendish Laboratory.

The plaque on the outside of the building reads:
CAVENDISH LABORATORY
1874-1974
Established by the Duke of Devonshire
and extended by Lord Raleigh (1908) and
Lord Austin (1940), the Cavendish Laboratory
house the Department of Physics
from the time of the first Cavendish Professor
James Clerk Maxwell until its move to
new laboratories in West Cambridge

During that time, the structure of atoms and the structure of DNA were investigated at Cavendish.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDX07yVaN4M

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zd6_zVdMgJk

www.youtube.com/watch?v=PDeaLxoL75M

Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cavendish_Laboratory

Nearby cities:

Coordinates: 52°12'12"N 0°7'8"E

Laboratory of Molecular Biology 3.1 km
Adastral Park 81 km
John Innes Centre / Sainsbury Laboratory 88 km
The Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities and Social Sciences (NIAS) 291 km
Deltares (formerly WL Delft Hydraulics) 292 km
Yvsolab NV 345 km
Element 455 km
European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) 680 km
HSVA SDC CMT 684 km
European Surgical Institute (ESI) 685 km

The Backs 0.4 km
King's College (University of Cambridge) 0.4 km
Parker's Piece 0.6 km
Trinity College (University of Cambridge) 0.7 km
St John's College (University of Cambridge) 0.7 km
Sheep's Green 0.7 km
Jesus College (University of Cambridge) 0.8 km
St Johns College Sports Ground 0.9 km
Jesus Green 1 km
Midsummer Common 1.2 km

5 km
54 km
119 km
148 km
179 km
197 km
211 km
217 km
224 km
228 km

The Backs King's College (University of Cambridge) Parker's Piece Trinity College (University of Cambridge) St John's College (University of Cambridge) Sheep's Green Jesus College (University of Cambridge) St Johns College Sports Ground Jesus Green Midsummer Common