A.C. Gilbert No. 1 "Chemistry Outfit for Boys"
- 1943
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 containers containing the following: ferric ammonium sulphate, sodium carbonate, sulphur, tartaric acid, nickel ammonium sulphate, and ammonium chloride; the bottom right corner of the box has holders and slit pockets for two glass stir rods and two packets of litmus and sulphide test paper; in the center of the box is an indentation for a wooden test-tube holder with space for eight tubes; holder has one empty glass test tube and three corked test tubes with the following inside: calcium oxide, sodium bisulphate, a test-tube that is not labeled but contains white powder, and sodium silicate; test-tube holder also houses a wax candle; other tools include a red wooden beaker holder/tongs, a metal spoon, and three pieces of circular filter paper; set also comes with an instruction manual.
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Science History Institute. A.C. Gilbert No. 1 "Chemistry Outfit for Boys". Photograph, 2018. Science History Institute. Philadelphia. https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/8c97kr42x.
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