Accession No
6616.18
Brief Description
‘Things of Science’ educational kit (Kaleidoscopes, no. 5), by Advisory Centre for Education, English, c. 1960s
Origin
Cambridge, England
Maker
Advisory Centre for Education
Class
demonstration; games; optical
Earliest Date
1963
Latest Date
1966
Inscription Date
Material
Paper (card, paper); metal; plastic (cellphane, other); plasticene; glass
Dimensions
152mm (width) x 114mm (height) x 27mm (depth)
Special Collection
Provenance
Purchased from www.eBay.co.uk on or before 18/12/2015.
Inscription
Description Notes
‘Things of Science’ educational kit (Kaleidoscopes, no. 5), by Advisory Centre for Education, English, c. 1960s.
Things of Science kit, No. 5, ‘Kaleidoscopes’.
Box contains 3 plane mirrors wrapped in brown tissue, clear plastic sheet, 5 coloured cellophane sheets, protractor, 2 photographs, plasticene, and a cardboard shape to cut out all contained within a plastic tray. The 8-page instruction booklet educates the reader on the properties of mirrors and the role of light and informs them on how to build a kaleidoscope, a periscope, a reflecting stereoscope and a heliograph.
In good condition, general wear to box and plastic.
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Description
These Things of Science kits, created by Advisory Centre for Education in the 1960s, would have been sent out to young audiences in the U.K. and enabled the user to practice science experiments relating to the contents of the box. Subjects were broad and covered topics such as simple machines, osmosis and shells as well as road safety. The kits were inspired by their U.S. counterparts, created by Science Service from the 1940s onwards. Originally, Advisory Centre for Education purchased the U.S. kits and relabelled them, but although these kits contain the same materials as the U.S. kits, they are completely repackaged.
08/09/2016
Created by: Rosanna Evans on 08/09/2016
FM:47160
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