Posted 5 years ago
fortapache
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Still yet another Gilbert Chemistry set in a metal folding case. But this one trifold case aka it folds out in three sections. The first section holds the instruction book and seems to be there just to keep the set stable when open. The middle section contains the chemicals. Not sure if ammonia and bleach are there. Got a feeling that most do nothing when mixed together but then again this is from the 1950s. On the right side are the test tubes and other equipment. Sadly they are not quite like those on the cover which any mad scientist would be happy to have. As for the molecular model building kit which is missing. It was just sticks and balls to make a model of a molecule.
Aside from the molecule kit everything seems to be there although some test tubes are broken. I can put all my sets together and have a pretty good mad scientist laboratory.
Wonderful vintage chemistry set fort, brings back memories
This is great! I got a chemistry very similar, if not exactly like this for Christmas in '60! I know it had three panels also and the manual looks familiar. Mine also had some plastic "atoms" you could interlock to form molecules. I know the exact year because we had just moved to Oklahoma. This brings back some memories. I remember vividly my mother and I conducting experiments in the small kitchen. It was an honor to be deemed responsible enough to have a chemistry set when you were 7 years old. It was indication you were maturing. I took it to school for the Christmas show and tell and now you do the same 57 years later on CW! I lost my mother in '87 and seeing you post this with Christmas approaching is truly touching. Bless you Ftapache for sharing this at such an appropriate time!
I've been in the chemistry profession for 30+ years.
I started out with a chemistry set similar to this back in the mid 60s.
I actually developed a reverse phase ion chromatography method back in college :)
Cool set.
Cool, Bucket. I didn't know all of your bio, impressive. You are a prime example of what an educational "toy" can influence your life's career. There probably are civil engineers that received an Erector set, woodworkers that got a Handy-Andy tool set, pilots had an airplane given to them, etc. for Christmas during their youth that molded their life. I was in electronics, a friend of the family gave me a Knight Kit from Allied Radio(they had kits etc. like Heath Kit) 100 in 1 electronics kit for Christmas. You put it together and you could build 100 different projects. It had a 6GH8 vacuum tube, transistors, resistors etc. The back was exposed where the circuit projects were assembled, you could get zapped by 115 house voltage easily, good old days! All the basis of my electonics knowledge started with this. I slowly learned how the circuits worked and how to troubleshoot it if the project didn't work at first. This where I learned the resistor color code etc. We were lucky to grow up in The Golden Age of Toys with educational classics like these. I wish I could find that Knight Kit. I also got a Remco crystal radio kit when I was in Oklahoma.
Thank you very much Newfld. It does that.
Thank you very much Toyrebel. I had a chemistry set but I could never get anything to happen. Luckily I also got toys for Christmas and now I am good at collecting toys.
I too was disappointed Apache, I figured it would be easy to make nitroglycerin and a Jekyll-Hyde serum.
Thank you very much buckethead. I just mixed chemicals and random. Luckily they were kid proof. I probably should have read the manual. Yes impressive bio.
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