Mr. Wizard. [Glass] [videorecording] / Prism Productions ; producer, Don Herbert.

Title: 
Mr. Wizard. [Glass] [videorecording] / Prism Productions ; producer, Don Herbert.

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Publisher: 
[S.l.] : Prism Productions, [n.d., 1955-1959]
Description: 
1 film reel (27 min.) : sd., b&w ; 16 mm.
1 videodisc (27 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Other Authors: 
Gaynes, Edmund.
Herbert, Don.
Prism Productions.
Format of Material: 
Video
Subjects: 
Glass Juvenile films.
Glass Properties. YKM
Glass melting.
Bib ID: 
61970
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Location: 
Audio/Video Collection
Call Number: 
Mr. Wizard [Glass]
Holdings Note: 
DVD Digitized Preservation Copy
Location: 
Audio/Video Collection
Call Number: 
Mr. Wizard [Glass]
Holdings Note: 
VHS
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Notes: 
Film reel.
This show is not dated; however, Edmund Gaynes portrayed Mr. Wizard's assistant (Willy or Eddie) from 1955-1959, thus the suggested date.
Director, Lynwood King ; science consultant, Dr. Morris H. Shamos.
Mr. Wizard, Don Herbert ; Eddie, Edmund Gaynes.
Television series for elementary school children, "Mr. Wizard", is an educational program in which Mr. Wizard would, with the help of his assistant (Willy or Eddie), explain scientific principles and demonstrate experiments with everyday objects. This episode presents the properties of glass: transparency, its nature as a super-cooled liquid, flexibility when heated, strength and fragility and the necessity for annealing. Other topics covered include Prince Rupert drops and stressed glass, and Corning's Pyrex ware.
DVD.