Centrifuges; Scientific apparatus and instruments; 1930s;
This centrifuge spins liquids in the test tubes very rapidly. The particles in the liquid separate so that the densest particles go to the end of the test tubes while the least dense particles stay closer to the center of the test tubes. The test...
The Sperm whale is the largest of the toothed whales and can grow up to sixty six feet. It can be found in oceans world wide. Its head alone equals about one third of its entire body. These water living mammals can dive to at least 3,300 feet,...
Indianapolis Speedway Race; Board games; Games; Automobile Racing; Automobile Racing -- Indiana -- Indianapolis
Can you hear the roar of the engines? Can you feel the wind the cars whip around the curve just in front of your eyes? Cars have been racing in the Indianapolis 500 since 1911. With games like this 1930s Speedway Motor Race board game, players...
The Least Weasel is the smallest living carnivore. They live in meadows, fields, open woods, and brushy areas. They are mostly active at night, feeding almost entirely on mice. They are found all through Canada and into the Northern Midwest states...
Egypt -- Civilization -- To 332 B.C.; Pottery; Faience; Hieroglyphics
This fragment consists of faience, an early form of glass. Egyptian use of faience dates back to predynastic times (at least 5,000 years). The body of faience was made from materials common to Egypt: ground quartz (or crushed quartz pebbles),...
Egypt--Civilization -- To 332 B.C.; Jewelry, Ancient -- Egypt; Amulets
Ancient Egyptians adorned themselves with beautiful jewelry. Often, it included protective amulets, worn during life and during one's journey into the afterlife. An ordinary Egyptian woman probably would have worn this faience, glazed earthenware,...
Marbles (Game); Marbles (Game objects); Polar Bear; 19th Century
In 1846 Elias Greiner Vetters Sohn invented special scissors in Lauscha, Germany that allowed glass blowers to form rounded glass pieces used in children’s toys as eyes. Not long after, artisans began making a wide variety of marbles including...
Indianapolis Motor Speedway (Indianapolis, Ind.); Indianapolis Speedway Race; Sports journalism--United States
For many years, the Indianapolis 500 radio network broadcast booth and the timing and scoring crews were housed in a Japanese-style Pagoda. Newspaper reporters needed a special badge to enter the Pagoda. From the Pagoda, reporters watched the race...
