Accession No

6616.8

Brief Description

‘Things of Science’ educational kit (Copper, #276), by Science Service and repackaged by Advisory Centre for Education, English, c. 1963

Origin

Cambridge, England

Maker

Advisory Centre for Education

Class

demonstration; games; metallurgy

Earliest Date

1963

Latest Date

1963

Inscription Date

(c)

Material

Paper (card, tissue, paper); metal (copper); plastic

Dimensions

138mm (width) x 84mm (depth) x 25mm (height)

Special Collection

Provenance

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

Inscription

Description Notes

‘Things of Science’ educational kit (Copper, #276), by Science Service and repackaged by Advisory Centre for Education, English, c. 1963.

Copper, unit no. 276, printed in October 1963

Cardboard box contains an instruction booklet and a page from ACE translating American English terms from the instruction booklet, two copper rods of different gauges, one copper sheet, a piece of refined copper and a piece of blister copper as well as three separate bags containing copper concentrate powder, molybdenite powder and copper sulphate powder. Instructions booklet contains information about the chemistry of copper as well as 10 experiments to do using the items in the box. The contents rest on brown paper tissue padding.

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

In very good condition, complete.

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