Lava Lamps
Lava Lamps
Have you ever wanted a lava lamp? Most kids, when I was growing up, either wanted one or had one. This was a big thing in the 200’s! Lava lamps were one of the most cool science projects that kids could have as decor. But what ingredients made these cool lamps? What was the mixture? What happened if you didn’t use the right amount of materials?
The original lava lamp was created by Edward Craven Walker in the late 1950’s. Walker put the invention on the market in 1963 calling it the “Astro” and the later version in 1964 named the “Astro Baby”. He came up with idea of a lava lamp after seeing something involving an egg timer, History Extra tells us. Walker opened his own his store for his creation called Mathmos, which is listed down below. Mathmos is still open to this day and the lava lamp recently just turned 56 on January 18th.
Edward Craven taking a mischievous photo near his colorful invention
According to an unknown source, “A classic lava lamp contains a standard incandescent or halogen lamp which heats a tall (often tapered) glass bottle. A formula from 1968 US patent consisted of water and a transparent, translucent, or opaque mix of mineral oil, paraffin wax, and carbon tetrachloride.” This is known to be the mixture for current lava lamps. It sounds easy and others have discovered more ways to make them. There are thousands on videos on how to make a temporary lava lamps all over the internet. If not used the right amount of these materials, your lamp just won’t work!
These are cool inventions, but will they stay alive? I think that these inventions will stay popular for the next 5-10 years but soon become scarce. Amazon and Walmart both have wide-options of lava lamps, therefore people can order them when they like. With generations coming, lava lamps won’t be such a trend anymore. Get while you can! Link for Mathmos down below:
(http://www.mathmos.com/mathmos-astro-lava-lamp-the-original-1227-0.html)-Mathmos
Have you ever wanted a lava lamp? Most kids, when I was growing up, either wanted one or had one. This was a big thing in the 200’s! Lava lamps were one of the most cool science projects that kids could have as decor. But what ingredients made these cool lamps? What was the mixture? What happened if you didn’t use the right amount of materials?
The original lava lamp was created by Edward Craven Walker in the late 1950’s. Walker put the invention on the market in 1963 calling it the “Astro” and the later version in 1964 named the “Astro Baby”. He came up with idea of a lava lamp after seeing something involving an egg timer, History Extra tells us. Walker opened his own his store for his creation called Mathmos, which is listed down below. Mathmos is still open to this day and the lava lamp recently just turned 56 on January 18th.
Edward Craven taking a mischievous photo near his colorful invention
According to an unknown source, “A classic lava lamp contains a standard incandescent or halogen lamp which heats a tall (often tapered) glass bottle. A formula from 1968 US patent consisted of water and a transparent, translucent, or opaque mix of mineral oil, paraffin wax, and carbon tetrachloride.” This is known to be the mixture for current lava lamps. It sounds easy and others have discovered more ways to make them. There are thousands on videos on how to make a temporary lava lamps all over the internet. If not used the right amount of these materials, your lamp just won’t work!
These are cool inventions, but will they stay alive? I think that these inventions will stay popular for the next 5-10 years but soon become scarce. Amazon and Walmart both have wide-options of lava lamps, therefore people can order them when they like. With generations coming, lava lamps won’t be such a trend anymore. Get while you can! Link for Mathmos down below:
(http://www.mathmos.com/mathmos-astro-lava-lamp-the-original-1227-0.html)-Mathmos
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