Permanent Exhibition
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Johnny Horizon Environmental Test Kit
- 1971
Cardboard box with color printing on lid, showing young men and women engaged in chemical testing of environmental factors (air, water). Inside is a blue plastic tray with wells for test equipment, including a…
- Manufacturer Parker Brothers, inc.
- Subject Games, Chemistry sets, Toys, Chemicals, Environmental testing
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"Louis Pasteur" Microscope Set
- After 1920
Chemistry sets reached their heyday in the 1950s, but production of them began in the United States during World War I. Playing with a toy chemistry set inspired many a boy to become a chemist, and not until the late…
- Contributor Geo. Borgfeldt & Company
- Manufacturer Carolyn Manufacturing Company Inc.
- Subject Chemistry sets, Microscopes, Carolyn Manufacturing Company Inc., Pasteur, Louis, 1822-1895, Geo. Borgfeldt & Company
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Mercury thermometer
- 1800s
A: Bulb containing mercury attached to a glass tube of narrow diameter. Thermometer has Celsius scale with 0-100 degree range.
B: Protective cardboard tube for the thermometer (not digitized).
Partial immersion…
- Subject Temperature measurements, Thermometers
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Collection of 13 Aramith Bakelite Billiard Balls (Incomplete Set)
- Undated
Collection of 13 Aramith Bakelite billiard balls. Some billiard numbers are missing or duplicated.
Green cardboard box with removable top; interior of box bottom has a white plastic insert with round indentations for…
- Manufacturer Saluc S.A.
- Subject Billiards, Bakelite, Plastics industry and trade