tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-59480772129850367542011-08-27T10:11:10.783-04:00Nostalgia Corner Blog reviews the line of products produced by A.C. Gilbert Co,including chemistry sets, erector sets, and other educational toys, with comments by Professor Ralph Slatton. Its mission is to promote the nostalgia and joy of growing up with these memories.Ralph Slattonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08085027974262718698noreply@blogger.comBlogger21100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5948077212985036754.post-2481600734473923832010-07-21T00:16:00.001-04:002011-06-07T18:37:50.091-04:00<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_rhzdiQ2fROU/TEZ2qMjgkfI/AAAAAAAAADY/vLXL6JRoMXs/s1600/ScienceLeads.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 280px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496210862549012978" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_rhzdiQ2fROU/TEZ2qMjgkfI/AAAAAAAAADY/vLXL6JRoMXs/s320/ScienceLeads.jpg" /></a><br />Do you remember experimenting in your back yard? Maybe you owned a chemistry set like me. AC Gilbert and Co. began their wonderful product in 1909, in Westville, Conn. It survived many years, as an excellent educational tool. As a child of the 50s I enjoyed owning a set that opened with two panels. The manual and test tubes took up most of one side and the chemicals the other. It also had an alcohol lamp with an attached blowtorch. When you wanted to melt a glass rod, you had to blow into a black tube. I wonder if any kid ever sucked in by mistake. We very seldom followed instructions. Let's just mix some stuff together and see what we get. I wonder how many of you had the same experience. Let me know what kinds of experiments you conducted.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5948077212985036754-248160073447392383?l=gilbertchemistrysets.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ralph Slattonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08085027974262718698noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5948077212985036754.post-18589909706826389492010-07-20T23:39:00.000-04:002010-07-21T00:14:33.096-04:00<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_rhzdiQ2fROU/TEZz37HZnvI/AAAAAAAAADQ/-N3S4k8GvWc/s1600/Ibf-logo.gif"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 144px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 111px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496207799850999538" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_rhzdiQ2fROU/TEZz37HZnvI/AAAAAAAAADQ/-N3S4k8GvWc/s320/Ibf-logo.gif" /></a><br /><div><br /><a href="http://www.ibike.org/index.htm"><strong>http://www.ibike.org/index.htm</strong></a><br /></div><br /><div>IBF promotes bicycle and other aspects of non-motorized transportation worldwide, especially in less developed areas, with a particular interest in Africa and South America. Areas of activities include: urban planning, transportation planning, rural mobility, mobility for women, economic development, road safety education, human settlement and quality of life, personal health, environmental quality, energy conservation and responsible tourism. Sponsors environmental friendly, cultural immersion, small group, bicycle tour program for ordinary active people, to Asia, the Americas, and all regions of Africa.</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5948077212985036754-1858990970682638949?l=gilbertchemistrysets.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ralph Slattonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08085027974262718698noreply@blogger.com0