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1 Dec, 2020 Author Yannic RackCamilla Naschert
A refinery in the port of Rotterdam in the Netherlands. The city, already a trading hub for a host of commodities, could become the center of Europe s hydrogen economy.
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Part 2: Europe vies for pole position in global race to hydrogen economy
Part 3: Facing uncertain future, gas operators look to hydrogen lifeline
Part 4: Hydrogen finance maturing from day trading to M&A
Part 5: This is lift-off for green hydrogen, says veteran British engineer
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This is the second of a five-part series exploring the burgeoning hydrogen economy and its rise after decades of false dawns to the top of the energy agenda in 2020.
What Does History Smell Like?
Researchers are finding ways to preserve scents that are disappearing. Others are recreating ones from centuries ago.
By Sophie Haigney
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The embalming of William the Silent, Prince of Orange, after his assassination in 1584 would have smelled fresh, sweet and slightly medicinal.
Candles created by Janie Korn. Photographs by Erik Tanner for The New York Times.
Anxiety sweat. Horsehair. Wet grass and soil after a rain. Sulfuric compounds from gunpowder. Eau de cologne containing rosemary, bergamot and bitter orange. A touch of leather.
This might have been what Napoleon’s retreat from the Battle of Waterloo in 1815 smelled like. At least, these are some of the elements that Caro Verbeek, an art historian and olfactory researcher, tried to incorporate when she was reconstructing the smell, in partnership with the perfumer Birgit Sijbrands, the scent designer Bernardo Fleming of International Flavors & Fragrances and the Rijksmuseum in Amsterda