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<p>One of the most remarkable and novel discoveries in the last 400 years has been electricity. </p> <p>You may ask, “Has electricity been around that long?” The answer is yes, and perhaps much longer. But the practical use of electricity has only been at our disposal since the mid-to late 1800s, and in a limited way at first. At the world exposition in Paris in 1900, for example, one of the main attractions was an electrically lit bridge over the river Seine. The earliest method of generating electricity occurred by creating a static charge. In 1660, Otto von Guericke constructed the first electrical machine that consisted of a large sulphur globe which, when rubbed and turned,</p> <p> attracted feathers and small pieces of paper. Guericke was able to prove that the sparks generated were truly electrical. |
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These were christened a Barbie Whistle Torch back in the days on the Compuserve Comics Forum by none other than (now) NY Times Best Selling author Neil Gaiman. I at one time had over 50 of these and traded them at Comic conventions and gave them as gifts to many people in the comics industry.
They were hugely popular for a brief time among many of the congnoscnti in the indutry, at least those pioneers already on Compuserve and other newly emerging comics fora on line. Yes, before the web!
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Hmmm, I'm pretty sure Neil Gaiman had one of these at one time. So do a number of other comic book authors/artists.
Many years ago before the web, and web forums, was hot there was the comic book forum on Compuserve and it rocked. Gaiman was there as were many other writers and artists. Somebody found one of these at a dollar store and got everyone else looking for them. I found a ton in a Kansas City store and ended up picking up 30 of them for a fellow member who then mailed individual ones to various people.
I've still got mine. I'll try and get a picture of it.
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