You can still get these rather interesting
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Originally posted by RSoles View PostChemistry sets aren't the same either these days, they've got food colourings,
filter paper and plastic test-tubes in case you hurt yourself with glass ones.
We want magnesium and sulphuric acid back.
And potassium nitrate, sulphur and charcoal. (sorry Zeity).
I think all really good toys and games exert a certain evolutionary pressure. The original Raleigh Chopper, tall climbing frames above a concrete surface and tree huts are good examples.
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Originally posted by RSoles View PostChemistry sets aren't the same either these days, they've got food colourings,
filter paper and plastic test-tubes in case you hurt yourself with glass ones.
We want magnesium and sulphuric acid back.
And potassium nitrate, sulphur and charcoal. (sorry Zeity).
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Originally posted by zeitghostOne of my mates "liberated" a bottle of HF when the factory closed.
Can't imagine why, but the husband of one of his wife's friends was a chemist & nearly had a fit when he found out.
Not nice stuff, HF.
It kills you in most unpleasant ways.
CPCS: Hydrofluoric Acid
Stone me.
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When I were at school we couldn't get sodium. Had to go to a specialist for that. It came in small chunks in a brown bottle of oil.
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I've still got some bottles of sulphuric and hydrochloric acid in my shed. Never know when they might come in handy. Brought the last at a hardware store. Bet you can't do that now.
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And that blue stuff, copper sulphate. Did you have wood chippings in yours?
A paraffin burner came with my set. I made a bunsen burner at school in metalwork, took it home and realised I had nothing to plug it in to.
Mind you, when I'd tested it at school it was a bit fierce so it was probably just as well.
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Chemistry sets aren't the same either these days, they've got food colourings,
filter paper and plastic test-tubes in case you hurt yourself with glass ones.
We want magnesium and sulphuric acid back.
And potassium nitrate, sulphur and charcoal. (sorry Zeity).
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Originally posted by zeitghost View Post
Or turned you into a dangerous mutant.
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Gilbert U-238 Atomic Energy Lab
I wonder if Toys-R-Us stock the modern equivalent?
Gilbert U-238 Atomic Energy Lab (1950-1951)
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