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Humpday Triviola
Thomas Skaggs, Foothills of Mount Level
Ok....so back in Jolly Old England 104 years ago a guy named Atkinson developed a prototype for something built of wood and other material. It set a speed record that still stands today. What is it?
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Re: Humpday Triviola
John Veerkamp
Is this item used in the winter olympics?
Re: Humpday Triviola
Thomas Skaggs, Foothills of Mount Level
Probably....but not by any athletes.
Hint #1
Thomas Skaggs, Foothills of Mount Level
The speed record achieved was 38,000ths of a second.
Check back later
Thomas Skaggs, Foothills of Mount Level
I'll check back in the morning for answers.
See Ya!
I'll keep my trap shut...
Dale Lenz
where's the cat?
Dale snaps the answer!
Thomas Skaggs, Foothills of Mount Level
Dale recieves a Golden Uni for the correct answer of a snap-trap form of mouse trap.
James Henry Atkinson was the British inventor who in 1897 invented the prototype mousetrap called the "Little Nipper". The Little Nipper is the classic snapping mousetrap that we are all familiar with that has the small flat wooden base, the spring trap, and the wire fastenings.
The Little Nipper slams shut in 38,000s of a second and that record has never been beaten. This is the design that has prevailed until today. This mousetrap has captured a sixty percent share of the British mousetrap market alone, and an estimated equal share of the international market.
James Atkinson sold his mousetrap patent in 1913 for 1,000 pounds to Procter, the company that has been manufacturing the "Little Nipper" ever since, and has even erected a 150-exhibit mousetrap museum in their factory headquarters.