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lava lamps by Yvonne Bernal
The unique lamps were created by a British inventor and former World War II pilot, Edward Craven-Walker, who reportedly thought up the idea after seeing a homemade, liquid-filled egg timer at a pub.
In September of 1963, Craven-Walker started a company to research and develop his invention. But his widow, Christine Baehr, told BBC News they had a rough time, at first, trying to find investors.
But Baehr said that, after the couple took their product around the British countryside in a van, word of the wildly original illumination spread. Pretty soon lava lamps could be seen in Science Fiction movies and television shows like "Dr. Who," and became extremely trendy. By the mid-1960s, according to an MIT report, lava lamps "had exceeded 7 million units worldwide."
Baehr told The Associated Press that she knew the lava lamp had "made it" as a product when she heard that Beatles drummer Ringo Starr had purchased one.
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What is another name fir a lava lamp?
magma...light? xD
Is an lava lamp an example of a emulsion or suspension?
A lava lamp is a suspension because it is a mixture that has drops of a substance in another substance.
What should you name your lava lamp?
Hot jelly
Where can you get new lava for a lava lamp?
You can't purchase a lava lamp refill, you would need to buy a new lava lamp.
What is inside a lava lamp?
Inside a lava lamp there is wax.
Is a lava lamp a compound or a mixture?
A Lava lamp is amixture of compounds.
What can you do to make a graph for an lava lamp?
how to make a graph for a lava lamp
Why does a lava lamp melt?
A lava lamp has to melt so the lava can, flo up and down in the jar.
Why is a lava lamp a chemical change?
a lava lamp is a chemical change because it is.
What is the chemical reaction in a lava lamp?
Lava lamp is not based on a chemical reaction.
When was Lava lamp created?
Lava lamp was created in 1968.
What size bulb does a lava lamp use?
It depends on the size of the lava lamp
