Glass Blowing Kit
name: label: maker
content: A.C. Gilbert Company
notes: label: Description
content: Glass blowing kit produced by A. C. Gilbert, a firm that was established in 1909. The associated pamphlet was written by Carlton John Lynde (b. 1872), professor of physics at McDonald College in Quebec, Canada, and first published in 1920. Advertisements boasted that “GILBERT TOYS BRING SCIENCE DOWN TO THE LEVEL OF BOYS.”
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Chemistry
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1993.0184.01
label: accession number
content: 1993.0184
label: catalog number
content: 1993.0184.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Glass Blowing Kit
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: glass (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 45.7 cm x 26 cm x 3.8 cm; 18 in x 10 1/4 in x 1 1/2 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 1/2 in x 18 1/8 in x 10 1/8 in; 3.81 cm x 46.0375 cm x 25.7175 cm