{"id":27593,"date":"2011-06-21T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-06-21T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ashleydev.com\/2011\/06\/21\/atomic-toys-vintage-nuclear-education\/"},"modified":"2020-08-27T11:45:07","modified_gmt":"2020-08-27T15:45:07","slug":"atomic-toys-vintage-nuclear-education","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cna.ca\/fr\/2011\/06\/21\/atomic-toys-vintage-nuclear-education\/","title":{"rendered":"Atomic Toys &#8211; Vintage Nuclear&nbsp;Education?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a title=\"Gilbert Atomic Energy Lab\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Atomic_Energy_Lab\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Gilbert U-238 Atomic Energy Lab<\/a> is a toy lab set produced by <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Alfred_Carlton_Gilbert\">Alfred Carlton Gilbert<\/a> (the inventor of the <a title=\"Erector Set\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Erector_Set\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Erector Set<\/a>) and sold between 1950 and 1951.<\/p>\n<p>The set originally sold for $49.50 (or $458.99 in today&#8217;s US dollars) and contained the following:<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 268px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"      \" title=\"Atomic Energy Lab\" src=\"http:\/\/www.orau.org\/ptp\/collection\/atomictoys\/GilbertAtomicOpentrimmed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"258\" height=\"252\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gilbert Atomic Energy Lab - circa 1950s<\/p><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>U-239 <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Geiger_counter\">Geiger counter<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Electroscope\">Electroscope<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Spinthariscope\">Spinthariscope<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wilson_cloud_chamber\">Wilson cloud chamber<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Low-level radiation sources:\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Alpha_particle\">Alpha particles<\/a> (Pb-210 and Po-210)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Beta_particle\">Beta particles<\/a> (Ru-106)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gamma_particle\">Gamma particles<\/a> (possibly Zn-65)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Four <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Uranium\">Uranium<\/a>-bearing ore samples<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Nuclear_sphere&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1\">Nuclear spheres<\/a> for making a <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Molecular_model\">molecular model<\/a><\/li>\n<li><em>Prospecting      for Uranium<\/em> \u2014 a      book<\/li>\n<li><em>Gilbert      Atomic Energy Manual<\/em><\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Learn How Dagwood Split      the Atom&#8221; comic book<\/li>\n<li>Three C batteries<\/li>\n<li>1951 Gilbert Toys catalogue<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>See the full <a title=\"Gilbert Atomic Energy Lab - Wikipedia\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Atomic_Energy_Lab\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Wikipedia entry for the Atomic Energy Lab<\/a><\/p>\n<p>There are many more <a title=\"Atomic Toys\" href=\"http:\/\/www.orau.org\/ptp\/collection\/atomictoys\/atomictoys.htm\">atomic toys<\/a> where this came from. Are any of them familiar to you?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"Gilbert Atomic Energy Lab\" src=\"http:\/\/www.americanmemorabilia.com\/pics\/31568_01_lg.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"608\" height=\"608\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Gilbert U-238 Atomic Energy Lab is a toy lab set produced by Alfred Carlton Gilbert (the inventor of the Erector Set) and sold between 1950 and 1951. 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