Thanks to J. J. Thomson‘s plum pudding model of the atom, chemistry will be forever associated with 19th-century British Christmas traditions. His model was soon discarded, but it remains a staple of high school chemistry textbooks.

SHOW CLOCK

00:00 Opening Credits

00:32 Introduction

01:10 Element of the Week: Tin

02:47 Tools of the Trade: Plum Pudding

05:41 Feature: Ham

10:47 Closing Credits

CREDITS

Special thanks to Hilary Domush, Anke Timmermann, and Eleanor Goldberg for researching this show. Additional credits available at chemheritage.org/distillations.