Object Record
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Metadata
Title |
Chemcraft Chemical Magic No. [33?] |
Object Name |
Set, Chemistry |
Object ID |
2015.043.002A |
Description |
Wooden box painted red with white speckled paint design; case opens on a hinge to reveal nine (9) test tubes on left containing: sodium iodide solution, bleaching powder, sodium salicylate, cobalt chloride, ferric ammonium sulfate, sodium bisulfite, mixed dyes, calcium oxide and sodium bisulfate. Also included on left is a wooden rod, the Chemcraft Chemical Magic manual, four (4) packets of litmus paper, and a Chemcraft fact sheet. On right side there are fifteen (15) glass jars with cork stoppers containing: sulfur, trisodium phosphate, trisodium phosphate, sodium carbonate, sodium ferrocyanide, ammonium chloride, aluminum sulfate, nickel ammonium sulfate, tannic acid, sodium thiosulfate, sodium silicate solution, phenolphthalein, manganese sulfate, azurite, powdered iron. Blue wooden test tube rack holds three test tubes, one glass rod, and a packet of litmus indicator paper. |
Date |
1940s |
Dimensions |
H-14 W-7.75 D-2.75 inches |
Material |
Wood, Glass, Chemicals, Paper |
Made |
The Porter Chemical Co. |
Digital Collections Link |
https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/e7ft0h9 |
Search Terms |
Chemistry Sets Chemistry--Study and Teaching Educational Toys Science at Home Porter Chemical Chemcraft |
Provenance |
Materials belonged to donor's father, James E. Esposito, who graduated from LaSalle College in 1959 with a degree in chemistry and worked as a chemist with Amchem Products, Inc. in Ambler, PA (from 1960-1981). Set was collected by him as an adult. |