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Fun with Inventions














                         During World War II, for




                  example, a navy engineer



                  watched a spring fall from a


                                         v.
                                            to move back and forth and up and down
                  shelf. Then, it flip-flopped
                                                              flip-flopped


                  across the floor. The jumping




                  spring inspired him to invent                                                                                         a spring and the Slinky



                  the Slinky.                                                                                                                                                 Check



                                                                                What inspired a navy engineer to invent the Slinky?


                                                                                 A spring falling from a shelf. / A spring falling from

                                                                                 a shelf inspired a navy engineer to invent the Slinky.
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