Title:
Gilbert U-238 Atomic Energy Lab
Date:
October 1950
Artist - Creator:
Alfred Carlton Gilbert
Dimensions:
H-17 W-25 D-5 inches
Material:
Paper, Glass, Rubber, Plastic
Exhibit Label:
This set came with three small jars of uranium ore, a pure beta source (Ru-106), a gamma source (Zn-65), a Spinthariscope, a Wilson cloud chamber with its own short-lived alpha source (Po-210), an electroscope, a Model U239 Ferret Geiger-Mueller Counter, a Gilbert Atomic Energy Manual, a Dagwood Splits the Atom comic book, and the Prospecting for Uranium manual. The blue and red spheres (8 of each color) were used to make an alpha particle molecular model.
Image Text:
GILBERT nuclear physics
No. U-238
Atomic Energy Lab
Performs over 150 exciting experiments!
For the junior scientist
Most modern scientific set ever created!
See paths of alpha particles speeding at 12,500 miles per second!
Watch actual atomic disintegration - right before your eyes!
Prospect for uranium with Geiger-Mueller counter!
Explore the secrets of the atom!
Measure radioactivity of Uranium and other ores with Gilbert Electroscope, just like real scientists.
Thrilling to watch! Spinthoriscope shows actual Atomic disintegration of radioactive material!
Prospect for Uranium and other radioactive Ores! Gilbert Geiger-Mueller Counter may win you $10,000 Govt. bonus!
All samples of radioactive materials are completely harmless!
Exciting! Safe! Another Gilbert Hall of Science product
$10,000.00 Reward
That's what the United States Government will pay to anyone who discovers deposits of Uranium Ore! Full details in the book "Prospecting for Uranium," packed with this Atomic Energy Lab.
No. U-238
Atomic Energy Lab
Performs over 150 exciting experiments!
For the junior scientist
Most modern scientific set ever created!
See paths of alpha particles speeding at 12,500 miles per second!
Watch actual atomic disintegration - right before your eyes!
Prospect for uranium with Geiger-Mueller counter!
Explore the secrets of the atom!
Measure radioactivity of Uranium and other ores with Gilbert Electroscope, just like real scientists.
Thrilling to watch! Spinthoriscope shows actual Atomic disintegration of radioactive material!
Prospect for Uranium and other radioactive Ores! Gilbert Geiger-Mueller Counter may win you $10,000 Govt. bonus!
All samples of radioactive materials are completely harmless!
Exciting! Safe! Another Gilbert Hall of Science product
$10,000.00 Reward
That's what the United States Government will pay to anyone who discovers deposits of Uranium Ore! Full details in the book "Prospecting for Uranium," packed with this Atomic Energy Lab.
Collection:
Dr. Jay Shelton
Exhibit Photographer:
Ryan Jaramillo
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