Gilbert U-238 Atomic Energy Laboratory
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The Gilbert U-238 Atomic Energy Lab is a toy lab set produced by Alfred Carlton Gilbert and sold between 1950 and 1951.[1][2]
The set originally sold for $49.50 ($458.99 in 2011 US dollars)[3] and contained the following:[1]
- Geiger-Müller counter
- Electroscope
- Spinthariscope
- Wilson cloud chamber
- Low-level radiation sources:
- Alpha particles (Pb-210 and Po-210)[4]
- Beta particles (Ru-106)[4]
- Gamma particles (possibly Zn-65)[4]
- Four Uranium-bearing ore samples
- Nuclear spheres for making a molecular model of an alpha particle.
- Prospecting for Uranium — a book
- Gilbert Atomic Energy Manual
- "Learn How Dagwood Split the Atom" comic book
- Three C batteries
- 1951 Gilbert Toys catalog
[edit] References
- ^ a b American Memorabilia, retrieved December 15, 2006.
- ^ Google Answers, retrieved December 15, 2006.
- ^ Inflation.
- ^ a b c Oak Ridge Associated Universities, retrieved December 26, 2009
[edit] External links
- A. C. Gilbert U-238 Atomic Energy Lab by Frank J. Leskovitz
- Very bad toys: Atomic Energy Lab usa ca. 1960
- Oak Ridge Associated University Atomic Toys page
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