Czech Science Merkur - a household name for more than eight decades

21-12-2006 13:53 | Pavla Horáková

Many generations of Czech children have dreamt of finding this item underneath their Christmas tree. It was true for decades that when you said the word Merkur to a child in this country the first thing they thought of was not the planet Mercury, nor the Roman god, but a metal construction set, similar to the British Meccano or the American Erector Set.

'Lens machine',  photo: www.merkurtoys.cz 'Lens machine', photo: www.merkurtoys.cz   Back

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