1933 · High-Pressure Polymerisation Apparatus · Work 1290 of 1,871
A high-pressure laboratory in Cheshire on a March evening, bare electric bulbs, behind a low wall of boards a tall red steel cylinder with a brass gauge, a steel column with handwheels on a grey-green tripod, a green box with a wooden rim open at the front, white insulation inside, gleaming copper coils around a bright steel vessel in a cage of rods, on top a large round gauge with a blank white face, plain marks and its needle high, on a bench an opened steel reaction tube with a small lump of white wax at its mouth, a hand in a white coat sleeve holding a spatula.