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3.5" Brass Sundial (Dollond)
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Our wooden-boxed brass sundial is a completely self-contained portable instrument, inspired by a design from the 18th century instrument maker Peter Dollond, founder of a great optical empire. The original is in the London Science Museum. Instruments like this were once used by explorers and navigators to tell the time anywhere in the world. For this to be possible, the gnomon, which casts the shadow, can be set for latitude on a sliding scale and the whole instrument oriented for direction by means of... more >>> |
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£29.95 |
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3D Solar System Mobile Making Kit
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Build your own Solar System mobile that glows in the dark. Each kit comes with a Sun, 8 planets to assemble and paint, and a bonus wall chart full of fun solar system facts. The finished mobile is 75cm x 75 cm. Planet diameters range from 75mm for Jupiter to 30mm for Mars.
Children are fascinated by planets and this inspiring 4M Solar System Mobile kit, endorsed by the Science Museum, is sure to be a hit. Build the planets, paint them with the supplied paints, add the glow paint for night time... more >>> |
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£15.99 |
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AntWorks - A Space-Age Habitat for Ants
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The AntWorks (TM) out of this world story!
AntWorks is based on a 2003 NASA Space Shuttle experiment to study animal life in space and test how ants successfully tunnel in microgravity.
The AntWorks Gel is complete with nutrients to promote healthy growth in the new colony.
Watch ants live, work and tunnel in the nutritious and non-toxic gel as they create series upon series of intricate tunnels.
Easy to care for - Ants need NO food or water.
Habitat is 16 x 15 x 3 cm.
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£19.99 |
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Crooke’s Radiometer, bakelite stand
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Evacuated glass bulb of approx. 70mm diameter having fine pivot at its centre which supports four light weight vane of mica 10mm square approx. and blackened on one surface. Mounted on a bakelite stand. When exposed to sunlight or bright lamp, the rotor rotates rapidly.
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£17.95 |
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Glow in the Dark Solar System Mobile
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Bring home the heavens with this glow in the dark solar system in a box. Hangs from your ceiling. Anyone into planet watching will love this personal planetarium.
This set includes a bright, glowing sun, as well as the eight planets that complete the solar system plus Pluto. The sun and planets come with hangers, and the kit includes 32 feet of clear plastic line to hang the solar system from the ceiling and a solar system guide. Bring the universe to your fingertips with the flip of a switch with... more >>> |
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£8.95 |
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Mirage Desktop 3D Hologram Maker
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Make a mirage appear - right before your eyes!
Even the camera sees it. But you can't touch it! And neither will anyone
else.
Scientists call these amazing phenomena three-dimensional
real images. Indeed, the illusions you can create are so brilliant,
so alive with color and depth, they defy, yet demand, explanation.
Never has the fine line between reality and perception
been exposed with such startling clarity. Mirage faithfully
reproduces every detail of... more >>> |
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£35.00 |
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Original Newton's Cradle
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An LB Classic! Designed by
Mr Loncraine and Mr Broxton over 25 years ago! The first and still the best.
This demonstrates Newton's principle that 'action and reaction are equal and opposite'. If one of the steel balls is lifted and allowed to fall back at one end, then one will swing out the same distance at the other end. This causes the beginning of perpetual motion which dies down only as a result of friction, an interesting process to watch.
If you raise and release one ball, one ball is... more >>> |
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£14.00 |
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Remote Controlled Solar System in My Room
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An Orbiting Solar System right in your room! Now you can explore the wonders of the solar system right in your own room! Just look up at your ceiling and watch as all eight planets orbit around the light-up sun. Listen as the audio CD takes you on a fascinating tour of our solar system. Use the included light-pointer to locate each planet and make comets and meteors streak through the night sky.
Includes CD Audio Tour of the Solar System,
Solar System Mobile Remote Control,
Hand-held remote control... more >>> |
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£35.00 £29.95 |
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Solar Radiometer, blue
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This radiometer is made by traditional Thuringian hand-blowing in Germany, of Lauschaer bottle glass - blue-tinted for the globe, clear for the top and foot.
In the glass body is a 4-vane drive assembly, which turns under the influence of light. One side of each vane is black, the other is silver.
Height: ca. 15cm. (6 in)
Globe diameter: ca. 8cm. (3.25 in)
The Crookes radiometer, also known as the light mill or solar engine, consists of an airtight glass bulb, containing a partial vacuum. Inside... more >>> |
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£25.50 |
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Solar Radiometer, long glass stem
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In a vacuum inside a free-standing globe the vanes constantly revolve in sunlight. The simplest possible demonstration of solar power.
The radiometer is made by traditional Thuringian hand-blowing in Germany, of crystal-clear Lauschaer bottle glass.
In the glass body is a 4-vane drive assembly, which turns under the influence of light. One side of each vane is black, the other is silver.
Height: ca. 20.5 cm. (8 in)
Globe diameter: ca. 8cm. (3.25 in)
The Crookes radiometer was invented by the... more >>> |
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£25.50 |
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Solar Radiometer, wood stem
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In a vacuum inside a free-standing globe the vanes constantly revolve in sunlight. The simplest possible demonstration of solar power.
The radiometer is made by traditional Thuringian hand-blowing in Germany, of crystal-clear Lauschaer bottle glass.
In the glass body is a 4-vane drive assembly, which turns under the influence of light. One side of each vane is black, the other is silver.
Height: ca. 23 cm. (9 in)
Globe diameter: ca. 8cm. (3.25 in)
The Crookes radiometer was invented by the... more >>> |
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£30.60 |
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Star Globe
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This shows all the stars and constellation visible from Earth. You set the date, hour and latitude and the half sphere that you can see shows stars that are visible. It has a built-in compass so you can line it up, then look up to the sky and tell which star is which. Diameter 6". Stand is included.
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£30.60 £29.99 |
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