Scientific Education

Green wooden case with textured green paper surface; label on front of case features a young boy looking through a microscope and an enlarged image of a dog flea; metal latch opens double-sided interior. 16 glass test…

Wooden grey-blue case that opens on a hinge. Inside, the left side of the case contains: a sealed glass bottle of mounting cement, a sealed glass bottle of thinner, small cardboard boxes labeled "Microcraft Microscopy…

Wooden box painted red with white speckled paint design; case opens on a hinge to reveal nine (9) test tubes on left containing: sodium iodide solution, bleaching powder, sodium salicylate, cobalt chloride, ferric…

Wooden case with a blue synthetic covering. Case opens on a hinge to reveal three shelves of amber glass bottles with red metal lids; 21 bottles containing the following: aluminum sulphate, ammonium chloride, borax,…

White metal case with color graphic of two young boys using the Gilbert microscope set. Case opens on a hinge. Inside, a blue styrofoam tray holds a plastic microscope, an electric plug-in light, an objective lens, a…

Gray plastic (Rubbermaid) container; two panels open to the right and left and snap into place with small protrusions on the raised base platform; platform also has two support sticks that can be rotated outward so…

Wooden case with two steel handles on top and cabinet doors on both sides which are secured with a steel latch; on one side, case inside has a steel red shelf with seven wooden chemical containers; below the shelf is a…

Board-game like rectangular cardboard box; box top comes off and reveals a blue cardboard frame in the box bottom to support various set components; to the top right of the frame is a row of six wooden chemical…

Notebook containing 49 pages of laboratory notes taken by Charles F. Chandler in Göttingen as a pupil of Professor Friedrich Wöhler in 1854 and in Berlin as a pupil of Professor Heinrich Rose in 1855. In these pages,…

Cardboard box with removable lid; lime cardboard insert with various indentations and slits for chemicals and tools; on the bottom is a row of six amber glass bottles with lime metallic removable lids houses in…

Cover features the image of a boy playing with a chemistry set flanked by a man working in an industrial lab; interior has a yellow plastic compartment tray that houses the multiple components of the kit; components…

Green cardboard box with removable lid; bottom of box has green and red cardboard inserts for set components; top and bottom of box bottom have rows of seven green cardboard containers with removable lids; top row has…

The booklet describes the organization responsible for the Fifth Annual Southern California Science Fair, held in April at the Los Angeles County Museum. A list of student exhibitors includes their name, grade, exhibit…

This kit features theatrical makeup, props, and an instruction booklet, designed for putting on magic shows and performing tricks. Aimed towards children, the set includes interlocking cardboard rings, playing cards, a…

Cardboard box with color printing shows boys and girls engaged in household chemistry: cleaning and polishing metals, "chemistry magic," stain removal and laundry tasks. Inside, blue-labeled vials of chemical samples…

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…

Wooden case with internal wooden dividers; model pieces are color coded and shape coded, and made of plastic with metal links as bonds. Model pieces can be assembled to create molecular structure for bromine, carbon,…

Box is wood; internal compartments are cardboard (20); pieces are wood with metal magnets as the bonds; contains sulfur (yellow), oxygen (light blue), nitrogen (dark blue), hydrogen (orange), chlorine (green), bromine…

Green plastic case with snap lid on front; kit comes with five different types of plastic pieces: 12 multi-colored balls, eight gray "double bonds" pieces, one gray "triple-bonded carbon pairs" rod, and dozens of…

Cardboard pop-out modeling kit; unused.

Notebook consists of handwritten notes taken by Francis E. Scott at the U.S. Army Gas School at Camp Kendrick, New Jersey, on the use of gas in warfare. The notes include teaching aids and a circular letter from…

Handwritten lecture notes with diagrams prepared by Louis Pasteur for a lecture to the National Academy of Medicine on the subject of crystal structures, tartaric acid, and arsenites. This work led to the field of…

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…

Lecture notes recorded by Jean-Baptiste-Alexandre Stroehlin in Paris when he attended lectures given by Matthieu Orfila. The lectures are organized around specific chemicals, thus there are headings such as "Carbonates"…