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This digital collection features selected chemistry sets, molecular models, and science kits used for both instruction and play, all primarily from the mid-20th century. Some of these objects were previously on display in the Institute's museum as part of the Science at Play exhibition. Materials in this collection also include lecture notes, such as Louis Pasteur’s on stereochemistry, as well as letters between scientists concerning the state of scientific education.

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  • Science--Study and teaching514
  • Scientific illustration333
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  • Chautauqua Press246
  • Jenks, J. W. P. (John Whipple Potter), 1819-1894246
  • Steele, Joel Dorman, 1836-1886246
  • Pepper, John Henry, 1821-190032
  • Martyn, Lily29
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  • Publications409
  • Illustrations81
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  • Text491
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  • Cardboard28
  • Plastic23
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    Charts, diagrams, etc

    Periodic Table Card Game

    • Circa 2014

    Memory game features 54 card deck; 34 cards feature element number and cartoon characters who personify or act out elements and their characteristics, 16 group cards, and 4 command cards; game includes Periodic Table of…

    • Manufacturer Artec Educational
    • Subject Science--Study and teaching, Card games, Artec Educational, Periodic table of the elements
  • Plastics, Molecular models

    Bakelite Molecular Orbital Model

    • Undated

    Black Bakelite cylindrical base with four steel arms giving it support; red Bakelite circles are attached to the end of each arm; the model itself is attached with a steel arm that protrudes upward from the base; model…

    • Subject Molecules--Models, Molecular orbitals, Bakelite
  • Molecular models

    Disc Molecular Models

    • Undated

    Rectangular grey cardboard box with white writing and colored disks on sides; box contains a cardboard separator that divides the inside into four compartments and an instruction booklet; the compartments contain a…

    • Manufacturer W. A. Benjamin, Inc
    • Subject Molecules--Models
  • Chemistry sets

    Chemcraft An Introduction to the Wonders of Modern Chemistry

    • Undated

    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…

    • Manufacturer Porter Chemical Company
    • Subject Chemistry sets, Porter Chemical Company
  • Plastics, Molecular models

    Bakelite Molecular Orbital Model

    • Undated

    Black Bakelite cylindrical base with four steel arms giving it support; red Bakelite circles are attached to the end of each arm; the model itself is attached with a steel arm that protrudes upward from the base; model…

    • Subject Molecules--Models, Molecular orbitals, Bakelite
  • 2 items
    Manuscripts

    Praktische Uebungen in der Benützung und Anwendung des Polarisationsmikroskopes

    • Practical Exercises in the Use and Application of Polarization Microscopes
    • Undated

    Practical exercises in the use and application of polarization microscopes provided by Professor Schwartzman.

    • Subject Microscopes, Polarizing microscopes, Microscopy, Science--Study and teaching
  • 8 items
    Manuscripts

    Notes on manufacturing catalysts

    • Undated

    Scientific notes and diagrams on the manufacturing of catalysts written by Georg Bredig (1868-1944).

    • Author Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944
    • Subject Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944, Catalysis, Chemistry, Science--Study and teaching
  • Molecular models

    Harshaw Crystal Model Kit

    • Undated

    Blue cardboard box containing three compartments; two compartments hold a number of black and white stone marbles; third compartment holds four brass rods, numerous glass spacers, and sheets of thin paper; box also…

    • Manufacturer Harshaw Scientific, Division of the Harshaw Chemical Company
    • Subject Molecules--Models
  • Plastics, Molecular models

    Bakelite Molecular Orbital Model

    • Undated

    Black Bakelite cylindrical base with four steel arms giving it support; red Bakelite circles are attached to the end of each arm; the model itself is attached with a steel arm that protrudes upward from the base; model…

    • Subject Molecules--Models, Molecular orbitals, Bakelite
  • 32m 44s
    Video Recordings

    Radioactivity and the Parts of an Atom

    • Undated

    "Radioactivity and the Parts of an Atom" is one of fifty-three short education films originally produced in 1955 for KQED San Francisco as part of the series Tempest in a Test Tube. This series of half-hour episodes…

    • Producer American Chemical Society, KQED-TV (Television station : San Francisco, Calif.)
    • Subject Radioactivity, Educational films, Nuclear physics, Nuclear energy, Science--Study and teaching
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