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2. Tinkertoy - Wikipedia

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   Hasbro bought the Tinkertoy brand and currently produces both Tinkertoy Plastic and Tinkertoy Classic (wood) sets and parts. [5] The US rights are now owned by Basic Fun!. [6] In 2024, Basic Fun filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. The company will use bankruptcy proceedings to repay its creditors while remaining in operation. [7]

3. Gilbert U-238 Atomic Energy Laboratory - Wikipedia

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   Gilbert cloud chamber, assembled An alternative view of kit contents. The lab contained a cloud chamber allowing the viewer to watch alpha particles traveling at 12,000 miles per second (19,000,000 m/s), a spinthariscope showing the results of radioactive disintegration on a fluorescent screen, and an electroscope measuring the radioactivity of different substances in the set.

4. Educational toy - Wikipedia

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   Puppets or dolls made of wood, clay, wax or cloth may be the earliest known toys. Archaeologists have found them in sites from Egypt, Greece and Rome, and Antonia Fraser emphasizes their universality. [5] Dolls can be seen as an early "educational toy" because dolls acted as substitutes, allowing children to learn to care for living babies and ...

5. Wood car racing - Wikipedia

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   Wood car racing is a racing event for youth who build small cars from wood, usually from kits containing a block of pine, plastic wheels and metal axles. Kids from all over the world participate in events related to wood car racing.

6. Weston Woods Studios - Wikipedia

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   Weston Woods Studios' first project was Andy and the Lion in 1954; its first animated film was The Snowy Day in 1964. [2] In 1968, Weston Woods began a long collaboration with animator Gene Deitch. Later, they opened international offices in Henley-on-Thames, England, UK (1972), as well as in Canada (1975) and Australia (1977). In addition to ...

7. Woodworking - Wikipedia

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   Woodworking was essential to the Romans. It provided, material for buildings, transportation, tools, and household items. Wood also provided pipes, dye, waterproofing materials, and energy for heat. [5]: 1 Although most examples of Roman woodworking have been lost, [5]: 2 the literary record preserved much of the contemporary knowledge.