8/13/2023 0 Comments It takes two etch a sketchWork Experience:đ944 - Parent’s Bakery – Age 18ġ946-1986 - Electrician Lincrusta Co. Residence:Ē18 Rue Gabriel Peri, Vitry-Sur-Seine (southern Paris suburb), France 94400 Here you are."Īttached to the email were two documents, here is the text of the first: The inventor but now have the full story. I contacted the Ohio Art Company and received the following reply from is the real story: We thought that Arthur Grandjean at one time was Real History verified by the Ohio Art Company Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.45.172.205 ( talk) 16:52, 2 December 2007 (UTC) Reply I guess a contact will have to be made with the company to help sort this out. I can understand other sources all having the same story, but who's to say it's the correct story? I would think the company who actually purchased the rights to the product and perfected it for sale would have the more correct story. Here are another sources:, -Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.0.35.179 ( talk) 2 December 2007 Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.45.172.205 ( talk) 2 December 2007ĭon't know why they say that, when so many other sources list Granjean as the creator. A more thorough investigation of history may be necessary. This history may be in conflict with the companies official story at which indicates the inventor was Andre Cassagnes. ![]() Moved from the article page, from the 'History' section of the article, I thought the talk page would be a better place for a discussion about this, Key to the city 13:11, 2 December 2007 (UTC): Reply You may be confusing the 80's maze games that did have a drop of mercury inside. Furthermore the "distinctive" property of liquid mercury to form droplets would make it unsuited for an EtchASketch. ^Patent 3055113, linked to on the page, specifies the use of POWDER. Somehow we survived without any bad effects. We played with it on our desks at school and used our bare hands. This would have been around the early 70's. ![]() We let it roll around our school desktops and we even coated silver dimes with it to make an amalgam. I personally remember getting mercury out of a broken one and playing with it as a kid. Landroo ( talk) 16:47, 8 April 2008 (UTC) Reply I don't know any other substance that looks like that. I was convinced at the time that the silver liquid that ran all over the floor in little balls was liquid mercury. I do remember when my sister put a chair leg on the screen, sat on it and broke it open. Landroo 13:18, 30 October 2007 (UTC) Reply I did a brief Google search for "Etch-A-Sketch" and "mercury" and found quite a few anecdotal stories about breaking the glass and having mercury leaking out, but nothing definitive so far. No mention of that in the article, so I wonder if it's true. ![]() It seems to me the early ones had a plate-glass screen with liquid mercury inside.
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