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ASTROBLAST 2008
Green Witch, Unit 6 Dry Drayton Industries, Dry Drayton, Cambridge CB23 8AT Tel: 01954 211288
This kit assembles to make a working model of the Solar System including Mercury, Venus and the Earth and Moon. It shows the relative movements of the planets around the Sun, and the Moon around the Earth. The Sun contains a light source which can be used to demonstrate how night and day, the phases of the Moon and the seasons are produced.
This is an excellent model that can be used for personal amusement or as an aid to teaching.
Build a fully-working Stirling Engine from this cardboard kit.
The revolutionary concept of this engine was invented by Scottish Minister Robert Stirling in 1816. It works by moving air between the hot and cold ends of a displacement cylinder. As the air expands and contracts it is fed to the working cylinder that drives the engine.
Any source of heat or cold can be used and this engine will run happily on a cup of hot tea or coffee.. Or place it on an ice pack to watch it run in the opposite direction.
Stirling engines have been used where silent running is important and may become household objects as they are currently being developed as combined neat and power units to provide electricity and heating for individual homes.
The kit comes with clear english assembly instructions and diagrams, historical background and includes: 3 sheets of cardboard cutouts, laser cut aluminium plates, assorted metal fittings and a latex glove.
Assembled height 16.5cm x 12.6cm wide.
In 1609 Galileo Galilei perfected a telescope introduced a year earlier in Holland, and directed it to the starry sky. He discovered craters on the moon, the phases of Venus and the moons around Jupiter. These were a scientific sensation and created a new astronomy, changing forever the way we view our world.
Now you can build an historically faithful replica of the one remaining telescope that can be attributed to Galileo with certainty. It is the same size and power as telescopes used at that time and is punched from card with five-colour printing. The original was made from leather with a decorated gold embossing ceremonial copy of Cosimo II de Medici, (12 May 1590 - 28 February 1621) who ruled as Grand Duke of Tuscany from 1609 to 1621.
The length is 78cm and it uses glass lenses to magnify 12 times.
The kit for you to build the working replica described above.
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Build yourself a telescope similar to the one used by Galileo at the beginning of the 17th century. See if you can see the moons of Jupiter like he did. Ten times magnification. Length approx 38 cm. Easy assembly. Complete with Opti-media lenses numbers 1 and 9.
A smaller version of the Galileo Telescope Kit but especially suitable for children to make and use. Its length is 20 cm and it has 6x magnification similar to the great Italian scientist Galileo's orginal telescope in the beginning of the 17th Century
The kit is die-cut for easy assembly and comes complete with OPTI * Acrylic Media -Lenses No. 1 and No. 8. A great little gift for a child.
This makes a popular activity for the classroom. We offer a school's discount for quantity - please call us for details.
Isaac Newton invented the reflecting telescope that bears his name and it is still the most popular entry-level telescope used by amateurs today.
The kit assembles into a fully working Newtonian Telescope which can be used to look at the night sky.
A solar filter for the Newton Reflecting Telescope Kit. Use this filter to observe sunspots safely.
Build your own periscope with stainless mirrors. Look over fences and round corners. Cardboard assembly kit for a beautiful, fully functioning scientific instrument. Great fun and educational too.
Build your own star dial and read the time by the stars. Complete with a Mariner's Astrolabe. A precision cardboard kit to make a beautiful working instrument.
The Kaleidoscope was invented by David Brewster in 1816. In the following years it became very well known across Europe.
Build your own working model. Change the objects in the cell for a range of different effects.
Also known as the astronomical ring, this portable sundial can be used anywhere in the world to give solar time. The kit assembles into a fully working model.
When aligned with the Sun to read the time, one of the rings will be parallel to the Earth's equator and one to the local meridian. The central bar will be parallel to the Earth's axis. Ideal for explaining these concepts to youngsters.
Build your own working sextant and learn how to use this famous instrument. This was one of the most important tools that seafarers used to determine their position. By building this kit you will learn how it works and how to use it.
Build your own Artificial Horizon. This kit is designed to complement the Sextant Kit. It allows accurate readings to be taken even when the true horizon is difficult to see.
Build your own Digital Sundial with luminous hour digits. With this working model you can read true local time, standard time or summer time, all to an accuracy of five minutes.
Cardboard assembly kit for a beautiful, fully functioning scientific instrument.
Build your own battery operated magic lantern. Fun to build and fun to use, the kit assembles into a working projector that will produce images about three feet wide on a suitable wall or screen.
Build your own compass, complete with protective casing. Determine the cardinal points and take bearings.
Build your own fully-working Microscope. This cardboard kit with three acrylic lenses assembles into a 40x microscope you can use to examine crystals, plants, feathers and many other common objects.
The finished model looks good and works as well.
Build your own Nelson Telescope. This cardboard kit assembles to make a 5-section draw-tube telescope of the type that Nelson would have used.
15 cm long when closed. Extends to 35 cm long. 6x magnification.
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