Alfred Carlton Gilbert
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Alfred Carlton Gilbert was an American inventor, athlete, magician, toy maker and businessman. As the founder of A. C. Gilbert Company, Gilbert was known for inventing the Erector Set and American Fly
AC Gilbert as a young athlete at Pacific University in 1902
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
Alfred Carlton Gilbert
…science and technology museum. It served the dual purpose of promoting interest in science and selling Gilbert's products. In 1950–1951 he marketed the Gilbert U-238 Atomic Energy Laboratory, which contained radioactive ore samples of autunite, carnotite, torbernite and uraninite. In 1908, he married Mary Thompson, whom he had met at Pacific…
The Gilbert U-238 Atomic Energy Laboratory was packaged in a customized metal case
Gilbert cloud chamber, assembled
An alternative view of kit contents