Sentimental Journey

[Tom Stanton]

At 09:30 PM 3/30/97 EST, Skip Wolfe wrote:
>
>Monte Davis writes:
>Chemistry sets (Chem-craft I think was the brand), that came in a metal
>case, and had, among the other chemicals, TANNIC ACID.  Wow -- I'm
>working with _real acid_!

Gilbert was my first chemistry set & I went on to build a basement
lab with it. I keep looking for them at yard sales or antique toy
stores, but they're usually near-empty of chemicals, test tubes,
etc. Loved them & the microscope kit, particularly the idea of being
a forensic detective, digging out fibers or hair samples & matching
them with hapless perpetrators in the neighborhood. Too bad I only
had two neighboring houses (12 kids in all) for my samples...