A. C. Gilbert Company
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The A. C. Gilbert Company was an American toy company, once one of the largest in the world. Gilbert originated the Erector Set, a construction toy similar to Meccano, and made chemistry sets, microsc
A 1940s Gilbert chemistry set.
A.C. Gilbert ad in The Saturday Evening Post in 1920.
The Gilbert U-238 Atomic Energy Lab is a toy lab set designed to allow children to create and watch nuclear and chemical reactions using radioactive material. The Atomic Energy Lab was released by the
A. C. Gilbert Company
…manufactured toy trains called the American Flyer. In the 1950s, sets for other budding scientists included those to investigate radioactivity using the Gilbert U-238 Atomic Energy Laboratory, a kit featuring a Geiger counter and radioactive samples. A line of inexpensive reflector telescopes followed the Sputnik-inspired science craze in…
The Gilbert U-238 Atomic Energy Laboratory was packaged in a customized metal case
Gilbert cloud chamber, assembled
An alternative view of kit contents