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Welcome to the Lava Library, a site that preserves the history of the lava lamp. If you would like to contribute to the site you by donating pictures of your lamp, catalog scans, or wish to suggest corrections you can contact me at admin@lava-library.com.
The lamp was invented by Edward Craven Walker, a British accountant whose other claim to fame was making underwater nudist films.
Aug 21, 2019 · Want to Try a Lava Lamp Experiment? You can build your own lava lamp in your classroom or at home! Here’s what you’ll need: A transparent container, like an empty water or soda bottle. Water. Vegetable oil. Food colouring. An effervescent tablet (like Alka-Seltzer®) A flashlight (optional) How to make a lava lamp: Fill one quarter of the ...
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The liquid-filled inventor proceeded to purchase the equally liquid-filled lamp, whose creator (Mr. Dunnett) Walker later discovered had died. Walker became determined to make a better version of the novelty item and spent the next decade and a half doing so (in between running an international house-swap agency and making films about nudism.) Walk...
Edward Craven Walker perfected a secret Lava recipe of oil, wax, and other solids. The original model had a large gold base with tiny holes to simulate starlight, and a 52 oz globe that contained red or white Lava and yellow or blue liquid. He marketed the lamp in Europe under the name of Astro Lamp. Two American entrepreneurs saw the lava lamp dis...
Before selling his company, sales of the lamps had exceeded seven million units. Today with over 400,000 lava lamps made each year, the Lava Lamp is enjoying a comeback. Craven Walker's original company, the Crestworth Company, changed names to Mathmosin 1995 (a reference to the bubbling force in Barbarella.) They still manufacture the Astro, Astro...
Base: Holds a 40 watt frosted appliance light bulbinside a reflecting cone. This cone rests on a second cone, which houses the light bulb socket and electrical cord connection. The electrical cord has a small in-line switch on it and a standard US 120v plug. Lamp:A glass container containing two fluids, called water and lava, both trade secrets. A ...
- Mary Bellis
A lava lamp is a decorative lamp, invented in 1963 by British entrepreneur Edward Craven Walker, the founder of the lighting company Mathmos. It consists of a bolus of a special coloured wax mixture inside a glass vessel, the remainder of which contains clear or translucent liquid.
Watch the mesmerizing motion of different sized wax blobs as they collide, split apart and ooze their way up and around the glass globe of this peaceful LAVA ® lamp. A hand-spun base and cap make this lamp truly unique.
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Call them '60s relics or hippy home accessories, lava lamps have been casting their dim but groovy light on interiors for half a century, having hit British shelves 50 years ago on Tuesday.
