Porter Chemical Company was an American toy manufacturer that developed and produced chemistry sets aimed as educational toys for aspiring junior scientists. The company's Chemcraft kits were first sold at major retail by Woodward & Lothrop, and appeared soon after at other retailers in the country. The company would later form a relationship with the Lionel Corporation, famed American maker of toy trains. The company also made the Microcraft line of microscope … WebPorter Chemical Co. Place Hagerstown, Maryland, United States Notes content educational scientific supplies ; "Chemcraft" laboratories and microscope sets for children. Booklets: …
A Brief History of Chemistry Sets - The New York Times
WebThe Porter Chemical Company and A. C. Gilbert spent decades vying for customers with ads in kids’ and science magazines, marketing their kits as a path to a future career in … WebNov 25, 2008 · Porter Chemical Co., Hagerstown, Md., 1950s “Modern Plastic Experiments. Outer Space Experiments” Radioactive uranium ore See Gilbert No. U-238. Carbon tetrachloride, CCl4 Nickel ammonium sulfate, Ni (NH4) 2(SO4) 2·6H2O Both are likely carcinogens, banished from chemistry sets today. cython aarch64
Porter Chemistry Set Smithsonian Institution
WebHAROLD. M. PORTER, oF HAGERSTOWN, MARYLAND, ASSIGNOR. To THE PORTER CHEMICAL COMPANY, A CORPORATION OF MARYLAND. - EDUCATIONAL DEVICE. 1,350,237. To all whom it may concern: Be it known that I, HAROLD M. PoRTER, citizen Hagerstown, of the county United of States, Washington, residing State. at of Maryland, … Webing the success of the Chemcraft kits marketed by the Porter Chemical Company. (Gilbert was known for the Erector con-struction sets; I had one of those, too.) Harold Porter, in part-nership his brother John, began manufacturing chemical kits in Hagerstown, MD, in 1916. Their first kits cost $0.75 for the smaller set and $1 for the larger. http://waywiser.fas.harvard.edu/bibliography/images?filter=placePublished%3AThe%20Porter%20Chemical%20Company%5C%2C%20Hagerstown%5C%2C%20MD%3Bthesfilter%3A1548175 bind windows named.conf