[AdmSmith]

Say NO to domsayers and return the economy to the golden age of science and technology, as this is what we need for the future.

Revive Gilbert Company!

[Fresh Wind]

The best part of having a chemistry set when I was a kid was mixing stuff at random just to see what would happen.

That’s true experimentation.

[Fresh Wind]

Anybody have one of these laying around the house? I'm looking for one. They're worth a bundle if complete.

[RicocheT]

I’m in my la 60s & got a Gilbert chemistry set at about age 10. It had all the chemicals in it to make working gunpowder, not a lot, but enough to make a firecracker big enough to make a tin can jump 10+ feet.

Today’s sets only have tests for acids & bases, sodium bicarbonate to make fizzy water and some other benign changes. Darn lawyers & nanny government have taken out the fun of being a boy child!

[Nifster]

I love this. It brings back some very fond memories ( for me not the folks)

[Fresh Wind]

The infamous Gilbert Atom Bomb puzzle. The "bombs" were little capsules, weighted at one end. The goal was to get both bombs to fit into holes marked Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

Cool then, not PC now.

[ifinnegan]

Any how, this is a great thread, but as far as this Kick Starter campaign, naw.

You know the motivation of anyone calling a science hobby store the HMS Beagle.

[aruanan]

I had the most beautiful chemistry set back in 5th grade. It had a alcohol lamp and everything. I was able to make such exquisite odors. And, of course, it led me into the wonderful world of homemade gunpowder, especially after my little brother’s teacher let him borrow a triple beam balance for the summer. That, 100 feet of lacquered dynamite fuse, and a box of empty M80 casings, made for a VERY enjoyable summer.

[AdmSmith]

Those were the days when you could demonstrate liquid nitrogen with your bare hands. Professor Julius Sumner Miller from 1969.

14 min https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNShaIM_OZ8

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