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what walks down stairs alone or in pears and makes a slinkity sound. The Slinky has been a favorite toy since it's introduction on November 26 1945. Engineer Richard James was performing an experiment with tension springs when one fall to the ground and begun to "walk." That gave James' an idea! His wife, Betty came up with the perfect name for the new invention, Since then more than a quarter of a billion Slinky toys have been sold.

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What walks down stairs alone or in pairs and makes a slinkity sound? The Slinky has been a favorite toy since its introduction on November 26, 1945. Engineer Richard James was performing an experiment with springs when one fell to the ground and began to "walk." That gave James an idea! His wife, Betty, came up with the perfect name for the new invention. Since then more than a quarter of a billion Slinky toys have been sold.


Article by Gary Hopkins
Education World® Editor in Chief
Copyright © 2004 Education World

08/20/2004
 

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