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2. Silly Putty - Wikipedia

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   The original coral-colored Silly Putty is composed of 65% dimethylsiloxane (hydroxy-terminated polymers with boric acid), 17% silica (crystalline quartz), 9% Thixatrol ST (castor oil derivative), 4% polydimethylsiloxane, 1% decamethyl cyclopentasiloxane, 1% glycerine, and 1% titanium dioxide.

3. James Wright (inventor) - Wikipedia

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   James Gilbert E. Wright (March 25, 1874 – August 20, 1961) [1] [unreliable source] was a Scottish-born inventor, researcher and chemical engineer at General Electric who invented Silly Putty in 1943 while looking for a replacement for rubber. The invention of Nutty Putty, later renamed Silly Putty, happened accidentally.

4. The Fad Toy Everyone Was Obsessed With the Year You Were Born

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   This Flubber-like toy was created during WWII when the U.S. was researching possible rubber substitutes for use. Silly Putty can bounce, flow like liquid, and break if pulled apart the right way ...

5. Wood-burning stove - Wikipedia

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   Wolfgang Schroeter invented the first wood-burning stove with a cast iron frame and glass door. This allowed the user to see the fire burning inside the stove. [16] A fireplace insert converts a wood-burning fireplace to a wood-burning stove. A fireplace insert is a self-contained unit that rests inside the existing fireplace and chimney.

6. Masonry heater - Wikipedia

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   A classic Scandinavian style round ceramic stove, which fits in the corner of a room, from the porcelaine manufacturer Rörstrand in Stockholm, c. 1900. A masonry heater (also called a masonry stove) is a device for warming an interior space through radiant heating, by capturing the heat from periodic burning of fuel (usually wood), and then radiating the heat at a fairly constant temperature ...

7. Jetstream furnace - Wikipedia

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   Jetstream furnaces (later tempest wood-burning boilers), were an advanced design of wood-fired water heaters conceived by Dr. Richard Hill of the University of Maine in Orono, Maine, USA. The design heated a house to prove the theory, then, with government funding, became a commercial product.

8. Stay-at-home science project: Two-ingredient Silly Putty - AOL

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   Silly Putty is a toy most anyone can appreciate. This experiment lets you turn two common goods (cornstarch and dish soap) into endless hours of non-Newtonian fun. You might need to tweak the ...

9. Furnace (central heating) - Wikipedia

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   By comparison, most modern "warm air" furnaces typically use a fan to circulate air to the rooms of house and pull cooler air back to the furnace for reheating; this is called forced-air heat. Because the fan easily overcomes the resistance of the ductwork, the arrangement of ducts can be far more flexible than the octopus of old. In American ...