when did the first erector set come out
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- It is now manufactured in France and China by Meccano S.N. of France, part of the Canadian Spin Master toy company. In the United States, a competitive toy with a similar play pattern was launched in 1913 under the Erector Set brand. Erector was purchased by the Meccano company in 2000 and continued to be sold under Erector Sets in the US through early 2015.
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CE60 ce60 The Pearson CE60 Case Erector sets the industry standard for case erecting at both medium and high-speeds. The CE60 uses all servo motion control to provide precise high speed case erecting with on-the-fly speed adjustment capability to meet a wide range of high speed case erecting applications.
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- In the 1910s, American builders were busy on construction sites in the city and in the playroom. Introduced just after Tinkertoys and the Erector Set, Lincoln Logs were yet another construction toy to make it big during the decade.
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1912 Cadillac had first starter motor The company quickly built the electric starter device. It was tested in 1911 and introduced in Cadillac's 1912 models. The impact on the automobile industry was immediate. Within five years self starters would come standard on nearly every new automobile. By making cars easier and safer to operate, especially for women, the self-starting engine caused a huge jump in sales. The American car industry never looked back.
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Forty Years of Adventure 1977 Dungeons & Dragons is divided into Basic and Advanced versions. The D&D Basic Set edited by J. Eric Holmes becomes the first Dungeons & Dragons boxed set to ship with dice included. TSR Hobbies publishes the Monster Manual, the first book in the Advanced Dungeons & Dragons product line.
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Philo Farnsworth Farnsworth worked out the principle of the image dissector in the summer of 1921, not long before his fifteenth birthday, and demonstrated the first working version on September 7, 1927, having turned 21 the previous August.
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- Jesse Rooke & Rooke Customs Presents Breakfast With A Builder. In July of 2002 Jesse Rookee burst onto the custom bike scene with a vengeance. With his first bike, Dinah, Jesse established himself as a creative thinker who didn’t feel constrained by “the way it’s always been done”.
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- In 1903, The American Eveready Co. came out with the first humane Christmas light set, including screw-in bulbs and a plug for the wall socket. In 1908, Ralph Morris came up with the idea of pulling the lights from an old telephone switchboard and wiring them on a tree, running them from a battery.
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Erector Sets: The Holy Grail of Vintage Toys The Climax set was $69.75 when it first appeared, but since then people have paid as much as $45,000 for one. It's the holy grail, Nelson says. These days new Erector sets are sold by the European firm Meccano, but they only bear a passing resemblance to Gilbert's impressive classics.
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Rigor Mortis Sets In As George Lucas had released American Graffiti at the same time as Rigor Mortis Sets In was released, creating a huge market for Fifties nostalgia, Entwistle's timing was uncannily prescient.
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Alfred Carlton Gilbert, Inventor of the Erector Set â Today in History: February 15 Alfred Carlton Gilbert, Inventor of the Erector Set – Today in History: February 15 A. C. Gilbert posing with various Erector Set models – Gilbert Family Collection On February 15, 1884, the New Haven inventor of the Erector Set, Alfred Carlton Gilbert, was born. A magician, athlete, and savvy businessman, Gilbert enrolled in medical school at Yale in 1904 to pursue a career as a physical education director.
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- CE60 Case Erector. The Pearson CE60 Case Erector sets the industry standard for case erecting at both medium and high-speeds. The CE60 uses all servo motion control to provide precise high speed case erecting with on-the-fly speed adjustment capability to meet a wide range of high speed case erecting applications. Request Information.
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- First Pret a Manger restaurant. A restaurant named Pret a Manger was founded by Jeffrey Hyman on 21 October 1983. The first Pret A Manger shop opened in Hampstead, London, in 1984. The name Prêt à Manger (French pronunciation: ​[pʁɛt‿a mɑ̃ʒe], ready to eat) was based on prêt-à-porter, French for ready-to-wear clothing.
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- Jesse Rooke & Rooke Customs Presents Breakfast With A Builder. August 8, 2016. In July of 2002 Jesse Rookee burst onto the custom bike scene with a vengeance. With his first bike, Dinah, Jesse established himself as a creative thinker who didn’t feel constrained by “the way it’s always been done”.
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- Using two seashells as tweezers was apparently one of the first tools for the job, which sounds very painful. :) The straight razor goes back to the 4th century BCE (ancient Egypt) [1] and the safety razor was invented in the late 19th century. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Str...
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- The first electric razor was patented in 1928 by the American manufacturer Col. Jacob Schick. The Remington Rand Corporation developed the electric razor further, first producing the Remington brand of razor in 1937.
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- The earliest Homo erectus were contemporaries of the late Homo habilis in East Africa for several hundred thousand years. This suggests that the immediate ancestor of Homo erectus was an early Homo habilis or possibly another yet to be discovered species of early humans.Homo erectus was a very successful human species, lasting at least 1.5 million years, though their numbers apparently remained relatively low.y 1.9 million years ago, some of the early transitional humans had evolved into a new, fully human species in Africa. Most paleoanthropologists refer to them as Homo erectus (literally upright human). However, a few researchers split them into two species--Homo ergaster (literally working human) and Homo erectus.
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- The Ford Model A (also colloquially called the A-Model Ford or the A, and A-bone among rodders and customizers), was the second huge success for the Ford Motor Company, after its predecessor, the Model T. First produced on October 20, 1927, but not sold until December 2, it replaced the venerable Model T, which had been produced for 18 years.
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When Was the First Traffic Light Installed? 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know Despite the aforementioned adoption of the signals in London in the 19th century, it wasn’t until 1923 when inventor Garrett Morgan (he of gas mask mega-fame) patented it. The History Channel says that he sold his patent to General Electric for $40,000.
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- Two years later, when Lamarr was just 26 years old and one of the great sex symbols of all time, they were awarded U.S. Patent Number 2,292,387 on August 11, 1942, under the name Hedy Keisler Markey and George Antheil for a Secret Communications System..
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- For 1993 Chevy made a both a police special service package and a full Police Package for the Lumina. The Lumina didn't gain much usage with police departments until it was redesigned in 1995. After 1996, Ford was the only automaker that made full sized, rear drive, V-8 police car.
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- The idea came from Sir Hugh Beaver, the managing director of the  Guinness Brewery in 1951. He could not find the facts he needed to  settle an argument, so the idea of a co … mpilation of records was  born. The first book came out in 1954 and was given free to promote  the Guinness stouts.he idea came from Sir Hugh Beaver, the managing director of the  Guinness Brewery in 1951. He could not find the facts he needed to  settle an argument, so the idea of a co … mpilation of records was  born. The first book came out in 1954 and was given free to promote  the Guinness stouts.
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Thickened cranial vault and parasagittal keeling: Correlated traits and autapomorphies of Homo erectus? Homo erectus sensu lato (s.l.) is a key species in the hominin fossil record for the study of human evolution, being one of the first species discovered and perhaps the most documented, but also because of its long temporal range and having dispersed out of Africa earlier than any other human species.
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Homo habilis and Homo erectus Era: Erectus fossils are found from 2 m. years ago and are found through a period to 400,000 years ago. Brain capacity: Erectus had double the brain capacity of Homo habilis (at least in the larger specimens) Size: much closer to modern human body size than Habilis.
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Splitboard Over the next few years, Cowboy and Wally refined this idea and in 1994 released the first DIY Voile Split Kit. This was the beginning of the splitboard revolution. For the first time riders had a truly innovative and easier way to access backcountry powder.
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- By 1.9 million years ago, some of the early transitional humans had evolved into a new, fully human species in Africa. Most paleoanthropologists refer to them as Homo erectus (literally upright human). However, a few researchers split them into two species--Homo ergaster (literally working human) and Homo erectus.The ergaster fossils were presumably somewhat earlier and have been found for the most part in Africa.The erectus discoveries have been found widespread in Africa, Asia, and Europe. In this tutorial, ergaster and erectus will be considered one species--Homo erectus.he ergaster fossils were presumably somewhat earlier and have been found for the most part in Africa. The erectus discoveries have been found widespread in Africa, Asia, and Europe. In this tutorial, ergaster and erectus will be considered one species--Homo erectus.