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A mousetrap car is a small vehicle whose only source of motive power is a mousetrap. Variations include the use of multiple traps, or very big rat traps, for added power. Mousetrap cars are often used in physics or other physical science classes to help students build problem-solving skills, develop spatial awareness, learn to budget time, and ...
James Henry Atkinson (c. 1849–1942) was a British ironmonger from Leeds, Yorkshire who is best known for his 1899 patent of the Little Nipper mousetrap. [1] He is cited by some as the inventor of the classic spring-loaded mousetrap, [2] [3] but this basic style of mousetrap was patented a few years earlier in the United States by William Chauncey Hooker in 1894.
The spring-loaded mousetrap was first patented by William C. Hooker of Abingdon, Illinois, who received US patent 528671 for his design in 1894. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] A British inventor, James Henry Atkinson , patented a similar trap called the "Little Nipper" in 1898, including variations that had a weight-activated treadle as the trip.
1963: Easy-Bake Oven. The cooking game changed in 1963 when kids had the power to make baked goods of their own. The mini oven comes with cake mix packets and tiny round pans that, together, make ...
Retiring from Ford in 1965, Buehrig taught from 1965 to 1970 at the Art Center College of Design in California. [6] In 1979, he produced the design for the Buehrig motor car, a limited-production carriage roof coupe. In his last five years, he consulted for the Franklin Mint and helped oversee the development of their model cars. [7]
The United States Patent Office has issued more than 4,400 mousetrap patents. [3] The gun-powered mouse trap proved inferior to spring-powered mousetraps descending from William C. Hooker's 1894 patent. However, the 1882 patent has continued to draw interest–including efforts to reconstruct a version of it–due to its unconventional design. [4]
On Dec. 6, the family received a phone call from immigration authorities and they were told to report to an office in Greenspoint, Texas, four days later to discuss Salazar-Hinojosa's case ...
Price on eBay: $8,500 Porcelain dolls don’t have to be more than 2 feet tall to be worth a lot of money. This little lady stands only 15 1/2 inches tall, but her ornate details and impressive ...