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 ($379.92 in 2005 US dollars)[3] and contained the following:[1]
- U-239 Geiger counter
- Electroscope
- Spinthariscope
- Wilson cloud chamber
- Low-level radiation sources:
- Four Uranium-bearing ore samples
- Nuclear spheres for making a molecular model
- 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.
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