The Slinky spring, a famous invention by Richard James

Richard James (1914 – 1974) was a naval engineer and was the inventor of the Slinky, along with his wife, Betty. Slinky Photo by Hephaestos GFDL File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... 1914 (MCMXIV) is a common year starting on Thursday. ... 1974 (MCMLXXIV) is a common year starting on Tuesday (click on link for calendar). ... Look up engineer on Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... A Slinky is a coil-shaped toy, invented by marine engineer Richard James and his wife, Betty James. ...

Slinky

Richard James was trying to develop a meter designed to monitor power on naval battleships. He was working with tension springs when one of the springs fell to the ground. He saw how the spring kept moving after it hit the ground, and an idea for a toy was born. Springs A spring is a flexible elastic object used to store mechanical energy. ...

The Slinky was successfully demonstrated at Gimbel's Department Store in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania during the 1945 Christmas season and then at the 1946 American Toy Fair. Gimbels, now defunct, was for many years a well-known U.S. department store. ... Independence Hall, as it appears today. ... 1945 (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Christmas is a holiday observed in much of the world on 25 December (or on 7 January in most Eastern Orthodox Churches). ... 1946 (MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ...

Richard and Betty James had 500 dollars to put their new company James Spring & Wire Company into use and mass produce the "Slinky." It became a huge success, with around a quarter billion Slinkys purchased to date. The word billion and its equivalents in other languages refer to one of two different numbers, depending on whether the writer is using the long or short scale. ...

Around 1960, Richard felt led to become a missionary in Bolivia. Betty James then took over as CEO of James Industries. Betty rescued the company from the debts left by her husband's generosity to his religion. She moved the company to its current Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania location from Philadelphia and began an active advertising campaign complete with the famous Slinky jingle. 1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... Hollidaysburg is a borough located in Blair County, Pennsylvania. ...

Richard James died in 1974. 1974 (MCMLXXIV) is a common year starting on Tuesday (click on link for calendar). ...