Microscope and Lab Set
date: label: date made
content: 1957
name: label: maker
content: A.C. Gilbert
notes: label: Description
content: Compound monocular with push-tube focus, hinged joint, square stage, sub-stage mirror, and square base, as well as slides and apparatus for simple chemical experiments. The inscription on the box reads “GILBERT MICROSCOPE AND LAB SET.”
label: Description
content: This item was made and marketed by A.C. Gilbert, a toy company that was established in Westville, Ct., in 1909, and that introduced the Erector Set a few years later. Gilbert began making microscopes for children in 1932. This example, number 13031, is dated 1957.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Connecticut, New Haven
topic: label: Subject
content: Science & Scientific Instruments
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content: Medicine and Science: Biological Sciences
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content: Microscopes
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content: Science & Mathematics
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Sherrie Lyn Hall
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1992.0560.01.1
label: catalog number
content: 1992.0560.01.1
label: accession number
content: 1992.0560
objectType: label: Object Name
content: microscope set
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: glass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
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content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 22.8 cm x 13.4 cm x 7.9 cm; 8 31/32 in x 5 9/32 in x 3 1/8 in