San Juan Record | 1934-01-04 | Page 6 | Marbles Aid Light Bulb

marbles marble aid light li cl t bulb when toy manufacturers found it a demand for lighted toys such as pocket flashlights miniature nud and motor motorboats boats lamps for such purposes were unsatisfactory they gave light but lucked lacked adequate control what was needed most says popular mechanics magazine was rag a tiny lamn that would emit craft a powerful spot of light resist breaking end and operate from a single dry cell small enough to bo be installed in the toy clarvin thin nola park scientist got an inspiration from watching boys boya play marbles some of the marbles were clear glase after ti it little study an order was placed and a quantity of ag glea soon arrived when attached to tile the stem tubing these aggles provided the light spot required