General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

CARDSTOCK BOX WITH METAL HARDWARE; WOODEN PARTS WITH METAL SNAPS, sythetic rubber coating and possible adhesive (likely butyl rubber or styrene-butadiene)

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

39.5 cm

Width

36.0 cm

Height

7.0 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Chemistry

Category

Demonstration & teaching equipment

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Unknown

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

PROBABLY USED IN THE 1950S AND 1960S

Canada

EXAMPLE OFTEACHING AID THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN USED IN CANADIAN UNIVERSITIES AND LABORATORIES IN THE 1950S AND 1960S

Function

USED TO MAKE SPACE-FILLING MODELS OF ORGANIC MOLECULES. WOULD HAVE BEEN USED IN UNIVERSITIES FOR INSTRUCTIONAL PURPOSES AS WELL AS IN RESEARCH LABS TO ASSIST IN VISUALIZATION OF THE STRUCTURE OF MOLECULES IN VARIOUS COMPOUNDS. [REF 1]

Technical

SINCE CHEMISTRY HAPPENS ON A MOLECULAR, NON-VISIBLE, LEVEL THE USE OF MODELS IS BENEFICIAL. IT HELPS CHEMISTS TO PREDICT, ILLUSTRATE, AND UNDERSTAND WHAT MAY BE HAPPENING. THIS KIT ALLOWS FOR ROTATION ABOUT BONDS & IS "TRUER" THAN BALL-&-STICK MODELS.WITH PRESENT ATOMIC MICROSCOPES MODELS ARE LESS USEFUL NOW. [REF 1]

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

PRINTED ON OUTSIDE OF LID: 'FISHER-TAYLOR-HIRSCHFELDER/ ATOM MODEL KIT'/ PRINTING ON INSIDE OF LID INCLUDES: 'Cat. No. 12-821 U.S. Pat. No. 2,308,402/ Fisher-Hirschfelder-Taylor/ ATOM MODEL KIT/ The models in this kit are sufficient for "synthesizing" thousands of different organic molecules. For assembling com-/ pounds of unusual size or structure, additional Atom Models and Atom Model Connectors are obtainable separately./.../ HEADQUARTERS FOR LABORATORY SUPPLIES/ FISHER SCIENTIFIC COMPANY/ MADE IN U.S.A.'

Missing

APPEARS COMPLETE BUT SOME PARTS MAY BE MISSING

Finish

BLACK BOX; MODEL UNITS ARE PAINTED GLOSS BLACK, YELLOW, BLUE, BROWN, GREEN, TURQUOISE, OR ORANGE.

Decoration

N/A