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Ernest Saville Peck overview

The Pharmacist Ernest Saville Peck overview

A digital document featuring three 17th-century maiolica pharmacy jars, a storefront on Trumpington Street, and a shop sign.

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A document displaying a grid of specimens in a cabinet drawer and a group of people posed in front of an antique fire engine.

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A document containing text and pictures of a 17th-century maiolica pharmacy jar and a portrait of Ernest Saville Peck.

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A digital document containing a biographical text about the life and career of Ernest Saville Peck.

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A printed document containing text about Ernest Saville Peck, his collection of pharmacy items, and his historical career.

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A document of black printed text detailing the history of the Peck and Deck families of pharmacists in Cambridge.

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A document with several paragraphs of printed text detailing the history of the Peck and Deck families of pharmacists.

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A digital document containing several paragraphs of text detailing the biography and career of Ernest Saville Peck.

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A page of text regarding chemistry history in Cambridge, featuring an image of a square drawer filled with assorted specimens.

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A digital text document detailing the history of chemistry at the University of Cambridge and the career of Giovanni Vigani.

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A wooden cabinet with open drawers stands against a wood-panelled wall, flanked by two framed portraits in a patterned room.

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A page of black printed text on white paper about the history of Vigani, a chemistry professor at Cambridge University.

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Document page containing text about Vigani's cabinet and a black-and-white image of a drawer grid filled with various objects.

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A digital document containing historical background on a cabinet of materia medica and Vigani’s collection of samples.

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A document page with text describing Vigani's Cabinet and a central table listing the contents of various labelled drawers.

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A digital document page containing three paragraphs of black text about historical pharmaceutical samples and a cabinet.

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A document containing text about historical chemical samples, including acknowledgments and authors Lisa Wagner and Brian Callingham.

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A digital document describing the historical Vigani Chemistry Cabinet and a modern artistic project at Queens' College.

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