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In 1907, swimming became part of the school curriculum in England and caused parents to become more concerned with their children's safety in the water. In response to parents' worries, the Dean's Rag Book Company, London, introduced the Swimeesy Buoy, inflatable armbands with a colorful design that looked like the wings of a butterfly. A plain ...
A swim ring (also known as a swimming ring, swim tube, rubber ring, water donut, floatie, inner tube, or, in the United States, a lifesaver) is a toroid-shaped (hence the name "ring" or "doughnut") inflatable water toy. The swim ring was derived from the inner tube, the inflatable inner part of older vehicle tires. [1]
Especially-large floats can be used as seats to float or sit on top of a pool for the user to stand on top in the manner of a raft. A variation known as the "pool noodle" is a long, thin cylinder, measuring 3–5 feet (90–150 cm) long and 3 inches (8 cm) in diameter, sometimes with a hollow core. It can be used to aid in floating or ...
Pool (cue sports), a group of games played on a pool table; Pool (poker) or pot (poker), money wagered during a single hand of poker; Pool betting or parimutuel betting, a betting system in which all bets of a particular type are placed together Betting pool, a form of pool betting where gamblers pay a fixed price into a pool
A photo of an abandoned pool in Svalbard which evokes the liminal space aesthetic. Developer Tensori is based in Jyväskylä, Finland. [6] The game was inspired by liminal space imagery. The "Pool Rooms" branch of this movement is credited to the digital artist Jared Pike, who developed a series of images under the Dream Pools series from 2020 ...
An infinity pool [note 1] is a reflecting pool or swimming pool where the water flows over one or more edges, producing a visual effect of water with no boundary. Such pools are often designed so that the edge appears to merge with a larger body of water such as the ocean, or with the sky, and may overlook locations such as natural landscapes ...
The impression of a person's nose and mouth on a pinscreen. Pin art, also known as a pinscreen, is an executive toy.It consists of a boxed surface made of a crowded array of pins that are free to slide in and out independently in a screen to create a three-dimensional relief.