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Chemistry sets as toys. Porter Chemcraft Senior Set, 1957, at the Science History Institute. Beginning in the early 1900s, modern chemistry sets targeted younger people with the intention to popularize chemistry. In the United States, Porter Chemical Company and the A. C. Gilbert Company produced the best known sets.
The Gilbert U-238 Atomic Energy Laboratory was packaged in a customized metal case. 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 in 1950.
A chemical garden is a set of complex biological-looking structures created by mixing inorganic chemicals. This experiment in chemistry is usually performed by adding metal salts, such as copper sulfate or cobalt (II) chloride, to an aqueous solution of sodium silicate (otherwise known as waterglass). This results in the growth of plant-like ...
Single-player. 999: Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors[b] is a visual novel and adventure video game developed by Chunsoft. It is the first installment in the Zero Escape series, and was released in Japan in December 2009 and in North America in November 2010 for the Nintendo DS. The story follows Junpei, a college student who is abducted ...
Kinetic sand in a box as an office toy. Hydrophobic sand (or magic sand) is a toy made from sand coated with a hydrophobic compound. The presence of the hydrophobic compound causes the grains of sand to adhere to one another and form cylinders (to minimize surface area) when exposed to water, and form a pocket of air around the sand. [1] The ...
Researchers used a food coloring dye used in Doritos, seen here on the shelves at No Good Candy Thursday, May 27, 2021, in St. Cloud, Minnesota, to create mice with see-through skin. In an ...
Ammonia fountain. The ammonia fountain is a type of chemical demonstration. The experiment consists of introducing water through an inlet to a container filled with ammonia gas. [1] Ammonia dissolves into the water and the pressure in the container drops. As a result, more water is forced into the container from another inlet creating a ...
Dr. Nick Laslowicz (The Centrifuge Brain Project) Dr. Mannering (Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man) Dr. Wolfe MacFarlane (The Body Snatcher) Dr. Cal Meacham (This Island Earth) – earth scientist (a radio engineer in the novel) kidnapped to solve the problem of defending the planet Metaluna.