Accession No

6616.7

Brief Description

‘Things of Science’ educational kit (Simple Machines, #8/275), by Science Service and repackaged by Advisory Centre for Education, English, c. 1963

Origin

Cambridge, England

Maker

Advisory Centre for Education

Class

demonstration; games; mechanics

Earliest Date

Latest Date

Inscription Date

(c)

Material

Paper (card, paper); metal; string; wood (pine?, other)

Dimensions

140mm (width) x 88mm (depth) x 34 mm (height)

Special Collection

Provenance

Purchased from www.eBay.co.uk on or before 18/12/2015.

Inscription

Description Notes

‘Things of Science’ educational kit (Simple Machines, #8/275), by Science Service and repackaged by Advisory Centre for Education, English, c. 1963.

Simple Machines, unit no. 8/275, printed in September 1963

A cardboard box containing instructions, a page from ACE translating American English terms from the instruction booklet. Contains five pulleys, two wooden square sticks, a 3” length of dowel, corrugated paper, two cardboard cutouts, 2 yards of twine, 1 ft of wire, four thumbtacks, four screw eyes as well as a small amount of tissue paper to pad the box. Instructions inform the reader about various simple machines, such as the lever, the wheel and axe, and gears and additionally provide a series of 17 experiments to do using the contents of the box.

Box and contents made by Science Service, and box has since had the translation page included and been relabelled by ACE.

Condition Notes: Good, complete. Box is slightly worn particularly on the underside.

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