Former royal hunting lodge now paper laboratory - Journal of

Former royal hunting lodge now paper laboratory. J. Chem. Educ. , 1930, 7 (3), p 660. DOI: 10.1021/ed007p660. Publication Date: March 1930. Note: In l...
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FORMER ROYAL HUNTING LODGE NOW PAPER LABORATORY

Thesc photographs show one of the oldcst, il not thc oldcst, building in the world that is a t present uscd as a chcmical laboratory. I t is "La Grande Zstradc" at Marignane, Bouches-du-RhBne, France, erected in the 13th Century as a fortified hunting-box for the Grand Seigneurs of Provcnce, and later occupied by Mirabeau. It is supposed to be the oldest occupied building in Provenee. At present i t is a paper-making laboratory of an American chemist, William A. Hall.