[Milsurplus] A bit of trivia

[Dave Merrill]

Still getting some use out of our Gilbert.

Dave N9ZC

On Mon, Dec 5, 2022, 5:07 PM <hwhall at compuserve.com> wrote:

> Yes!  The Gilbert chemistry set also had instructions on how to work &
> weld your own glass tubing using an air tube to run the lamp hotter.
> Fire!  Molten glass!!  Chemicals!!!  Apparently, they credited kids with
> more common sense &/or more parental oversight than today.  Maybe it's no
> wonder kids have little interest in science, etc., when it's been watered
> down & made fool-proof.  There's less excitement & sense of "I can DO
> things!"
>
> Wayne
> WB4OGM
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gene Smar via Milsurplus <milsurplus at mailman.qth.net>
> To: scr287 at att.net; milsurplus at mailman.qth.net <milsurplus at mailman.qth.net
> >
> Sent: Mon, Dec 5, 2022 1:02 pm
> Subject: Re: [Milsurplus] A bit of trivia
>
> I recall playing with a Gilbert chemistry set that included reagents like
> sodium ferrocyanide along with an alcohol lamp. What could possibly go
> wrong?
>
> 73 de
> Gene Smar AD3F
>
>
> Sent from my Radio Shack TRS-80 model 100 laptop
>
> On Mon, Dec 5, 2022 at 1:55 PM, Jack Antonio
> <scr287 at att.net> wrote:
> For what its worth,
>
> I think we've all seen radio components made by Lionel,
> such as their keys, and I have a couple of audio transformers
> with their stylish "L" logo on the side.
>
> But I just woke up a PP-281 power supply, which
> I could call an "American Flyer".
>
> Made by the A.C Gilbert Company.
>
> Jack Antonio
> WA7DIA
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