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The Creator Of The Lava Lamp.
The First Lava Lamp was created in 1963 by a man named Edward Craven Walker who was an Engineer.The Lava Lamp is made witha a mixture of water and a solidified globule of mineral oil,paraffin wax and petroleum jelly with a mix of colorful dye. Edward Craven Walker Made made the Hypnotic light which would soon become a phenomenon through out the world. -
When The Lava Lamp Became A World Wide hit.
In 1965 an entreprenuer named Adolph Wertheimer Discovered the Lava Lamp at a German Trade show and loved what he saw saw. He bought some of the rights from Edward Craven Walker and started Producing Lava Lamps in the USA. -
Lava Lamp In The 1970's
In the late 1970s, Lava-Simplex had created a few new lamps, such as a 70s version of the KaleidoLite, and a couple of psychedelic light show lamps. The lamps were a success throughout the 1970s. Lava Corporation's name changed to Lava-Simplex-Scribe International in the early 1970s. -
Lava Lamp In The 1980's.
As the popularity of the Lava Lite Lamp dimmed in the 1980's, Walker sold his European rights to a 22-year old former art student named Cressida Granger. At the time she was running a small antiques business and Displayed a few Lava Lamps in Her shop, They sold quickly. -
Lava Lamps Fade Away Then Make A Come Back.
As the disco decade ended, so it seemed had the lava lamp's popularity. Lava-Simplex discontinued all Lava Lamps except of their six best-selling lava lamp models, and even those only sold until the mid-80s, when the company was bought by Haggerty Enterprises and shortly made a come back to th market. -
The Rising Popularity of Lava Lamps Again.
Since the late 1980’s, lava lamp sales have been steadily increasing. There have been many brands of lava lamps, with Kmx lamp lava brand being the most popular. There are also many different types of lava lamp, including Silver Streak, Glitter, Plasma, and many others. -
Lava Lamp In The 1990's.
In the 90's Lava Lamp Sales were at 800,000 sold lamps a year, As for in the late 80's they were only at 10,000 Lava Lamp sales a year, In not even a time period of a decade lava Lamp sales had went up nearly 700,000 Lamps. -
The Death Of Edward Craven Walker.
Edward Craven Walker, the inventor of the lava lamp, died of cancer on August 15, 2000, at 82 years old. The Lava lamp itself is doing quite well. Sales of up to 400,000 a year have been reported. "I think it will always be popular,'' Walker once said. "It's like the cycle of life. It grows, breaks up, falls down, and then starts all over again." -
"The Giant Lava Lamp."
The town of Soap Lake, Washington was considering a 25 million dollar, 60-foot-high lava lamp in 2002 in order to make attention and fasination to tourists, but decided against it as economic conditions could be caused to the town. -
The Lava Lamp Can Be Dangerous.
In th early 2000's a man was killed by a Lava Lamp explosion. The man had been heating his lava Lamp on a stove to keep the lights going, The man was killed from Standing in front of the Lava Lamp when it had been heated for too long on the stove, The lamp had exploded shattering the glass and piercing it into his chest and heart.
