In grad school, I had to take various radiation safety classes. This was one of the 1950's horrors they told us about, along with the radioactive patio furniture, uranium-laced fiestaware, and uranium- painted hands on clocks and watches. I had a fellow grad student that used to snap these things up when he saw them for sale on the internet. He kept them stashed behind lead bricks in his basement.
Alicia On Mar 26, 2009, at 7:32 PM, SteveC wrote: > > I'm definitely going back in time and suing my parents for never > buying me the Gilbert U-238 Atomic Energy Lab. > http://www.orau.org/ptp/collection/atomictoys/GilbertU238Lab.htm > >>> The set came with four types of uranium ore, a beta-alpha source >>> (Pb-210), a pure beta source (Ru-106), a gamma source (Zn-65?), a >>> spinthariscope, a cloud chamber with its own short-lived alpha >>> source (Po-210), an electroscope, a geiger counter, a manual, a >>> comic book (Dagwood Splits the Atom) and a government manual >>> "Prospecting for Uranium." > > Click on the Atomic Toys link for more great relics of the Atomic Age. > Turns out that this is from the Oak Ridge Museum. > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "R-SPEC: The Rochester Speculative Literature Association" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/r-spec?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
