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  2. Jacob's ladder (toy) - Wikipedia

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    Its name Jacob's Ladder comes from the biblical ladder to heaven, mentioned in Genesis 28:12. [1] Of unknown origin, the earliest known review of the Jacob's Ladder is an 1889 Scientific American article which tells how it is built and works: [1] The simple toy ... is very illusive in action.

  3. List of children's games - Wikipedia

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    A child playing tag.. This is a list of games that are played by children.Traditional children's games do not include commercial products such as board games but do include games which require props such as hopscotch or marbles (toys go in List of toys unless the toys are used in multiple games or the single game played is named after the toy; thus "jump rope" is a game, while "Jacob's ladder ...

  4. Jacob's Ladder (disambiguation) - Wikipedia

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    Jacob's ladder (toy), a folk toy consisting of blocks on strings that, when held at one end, appear to cascade down the strings Jacob's ladder surface , a noncompact surface in mathematics Jacobs's ladder, the European name for a solo string figure

  5. Jacob's Ladder - Wikipedia

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    Picture of the Jacob's Ladder in the original Luther Bibles (of 1534 and also 1545). Jacob's Ladder (Biblical Hebrew: סֻלָּם יַעֲקֹב ‎, romanized: Sūllām Yaʿăqōḇ) is a ladder or staircase leading to Heaven that was featured in a dream the Biblical Patriarch Jacob had during his flight from his brother Esau in the Book of Genesis (chapter 28).

  6. List of wooden toys - Wikipedia

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    Etikoppaka toys – traditional wooden toys with lacquer colours made in Etikoppaka, AP, India. [1] Some of the toy styles include Lord Ganesha toys, cannon toys and bullock carts. [2] They are prepared using poniki wood. [3] Froebel gifts; Gee-haw whammy diddle; Hobby horse; Hoop rolling; Jacob's ladder; Jig doll; Jigsaw puzzle; Jumping jack ...

  7. The Marx Toys story: Iconic toys once made in Erie and ... - AOL

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    Rock'Em Sock'Em Robots even got movie cameos, as vintage toys in "The Santa Clause 2" and "Toy Story 2." And each Christmas, local toymakers became toy givers, courtesy of Marx Toys.

  8. Talk:Jacob's ladder (toy) - Wikipedia

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    A "Jacob's Ladder" is also a science toy that draws an AC arc across a pair of nearly parallel vertical rabbit-ear electrodes. As the arc heats and ionizes the air, the column of air between the electrodes is seen to rise, drawing the arc upward with it.

  9. How Nutcrackers Became a Classic Symbol of Christmas

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    The Story Behind Nutcrackers. Nutcracker dolls can trace their little wooden development back to the Ore Mountains of Germany in the late 17th century.