![]() ![]() Next up: A freaking glass blowing manual! (Perhaps thick pencil leads would work well.) There are a lot of other experiments described here as well, some of which are much less interesting. Unfortunately, batteries no longer come with convenient carbon rods in the middle. And while it is charming, it has a much lower density of experiments than Adventures With Chemistry.Īmongst other experiments, it shows you how to decompose water by electrolysis a classic, fun experiment that you should perform if you haven’t already. This is an actual book, and not one that came with a chemistry set. “Let’s Explore Chemistry” by Nathan Feifer, copyright 1959. But at a modern price of 40 M$/Lb, it is still (right up there with LSD) one of the most valuable substances in the world. Somehow radium didn’t make it into our charts on the monetary density of things. “Uranium is, of course, entirely safe to handle as its radioactivity is relatively low.” That is still true today, but it should be followed up with “but wash your hands thoroughly with soap and warm water after handling it.” ![]() The Atomic Energy manual is heavy on storytelling and light on number of experiments, but the few experiments described are indeed safe and exciting. However, to everyone’s great disappointment, the rocket that you actually get to build involves a soda bottle, baking soda, a cork, and round pencils for bearings (so that it can roll a little bit). It’s easy to imagine getting this booklet, with the expectation that it will tell you how to build your own space capsule and visit the moon.Įxcellent there will be room for passengers, too! The Lionel Outer Space Manual, (inside title: “Conquering Outer Space Through Chemistry”). The illustration shows a young chemist looking through a spectrometer at the flame produced by a sample of sodium bisulfate, as he blows and torches it with a handheld “blow torch” of the traditional sort: An alcohol burner with a mouth-blown tube.Ĭonclusion: chemistry was considerably awesomer back in the 1950’s! (You may find this chart to be a helpful modern substitute.) If only this chart were in the same vibrant color from the front page of the manual! This is the manual for the excellent handheld spectroscope that came in some of the chemistry sets. Other experiments are of the “kitchen science” sort– like separating gluten from wheat or preparing the milk protein casein. Some of the experiments are the ones you’d expect to find in a chemistry set, requiring test tubes of chemicals and an alcohol burner. And with good reason, too: it really is a “master manual,” with 716 clearly-described experiments in 230 pages. Harold Porter was the owner of the Porter Chemical Company, which sold over a million chemistry sets from the 1950’s to 1980’s.Īrguably, then, this book was a best seller. The cover is titled “Adventures With Chemistry,” and the title page inside reads “The Master Chemcraft Manual” by Harold M Porter, copyright 1951. Let’s take a look through them!įirst off, the thickest manual in the stack. TMB 6" Apochromat Refractor Of all my scopes this is the one I should NEVER have sold.Remember those vintage chemistry sets that we opened up the other day? We left out one of the coolest things that came along with them: A thick stack of fantastic manuals, instructions, posters, and charts. Takahashi CN 212 convertible Cass / Newtonian Īstrophysics 6" f/8 Refractor (1988 vintage) ĪstroTech 65mm Quadruplet APO refractor (Still Have it)ĭefinite bias - only one SCT in all that. Because that 1988 10" Meade had terrible, terrible optics. Wow! It has been not quite 5 years since i posted this list. So I will update to the best of my recollection. Home Made 12.5" f/6.5 Serrurier Truss Newtonian with Mike Lockwood mirror - still have this Teeter 12.5" f/6.5 Dob with Normand Fullum mirror Ĭelestron C11 1988 vintage A gift from a friend - still have this one - excellent optics! Skilcraft chemlab sears 1980s update# TEC 160 APO with AstroTech65 APO piggy back. (Can image with either one depending on target.guide with other)ġ2.5" Serrurier Truss Newt. Zeiss Telementor C63/840 refractor - helical focuser Zeiss ED80/840 lens "Presto" refractor - custom made OTA Zeiss AS 80/1200 lens refractor - custom made OTA Zeiss AS63/840 lens refractor - custom made OTA Zeiss C63/840 lens refractor - custom made OTA Zeiss C50/540 lens refractor - custom made OTA (Dob Stuff)Ĭurrently stored and unused for years: Rodenstein 60mm f/11 Refractor my first telescope!Ħ" f/8 reflector with ground mirror - custom made OTAĨ" f/7 reflector with Mike Spooner mirror - custom made OTA This winter's project is to make a dob base for it. Zeiss Telementor C63/840 refractor - OTA focuserġ1. Astro Telescope 152 F5.9 Achromat 152/900ġ) Reads Dept Store: Terrestrial Refractor, 30mm, 30x (Used mostly as a spyglass. ![]()
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