# Name of a toy needed

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-of-a-toy-needed/116374>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [June 28, 2002, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-of-a-toy-needed/116374 "2002-06-28T13:56:50Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![D18](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c57346/32.png) [@D18](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D18)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2002, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-of-a-toy-needed/116374/1 "2002-06-28T13:56:50Z")

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You know those toys that have four or five steel balls hanging on strings. You pull back the ball on one side, let go, and the impact on the row of balls causes the ball on the other side to fly out. And back and forth it goes.

What are those called?

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**Author:** ![Inky\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7feea3/32.png) [@Inky\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inky_1)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2002, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-of-a-toy-needed/116374/2 "2002-06-28T14:16:14Z")

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[Newton’s Cradle?](http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/j/Newton's%20Cradle.jpg)

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**Author:** ![Walloon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/fbc32d/32.png) [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2002, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-of-a-toy-needed/116374/3 "2002-06-28T14:17:12Z")

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The Newtonian Demonstrator, the ball-chain, the impact ball apparatus, and Newton’s Cradle.

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**Author:** ![Nortia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Nortia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nortia)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2002, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-of-a-toy-needed/116374/4 "2002-06-28T14:21:17Z")

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I think it’s Newton’s cradle.

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**Author:** ![John\_Kentzel-Griffin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ccd318/32.png) [@John\_Kentzel-Griffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Kentzel-Griffin)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2002, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-of-a-toy-needed/116374/5 "2002-06-28T14:50:56Z")

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\*\*Inky- \*\*

The single quote in your URL is confusing vB’s parser. This is the best I can do with your link (At least it’s clickable):

[http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/j/Newton’s%20Cradle.jpg](http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/j/Newton's%20Cradle.jpg)

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**Author:** ![D18](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c57346/32.png) [@D18](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D18)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2002, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-of-a-toy-needed/116374/6 "2002-06-28T20:51:13Z")

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Thanks guys!

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**Author:** ![Achernar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e274bd/32.png) [@Achernar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Achernar)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2002, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-of-a-toy-needed/116374/7 "2002-06-28T23:04:17Z")

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Sorry to get off-topic, but you should be able to replace a single-quote with %27 in a URL:

[http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/j/Newton's%20Cradle.jpg](http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/j/Newton%27s%20Cradle.jpg)

or,

[Like this](http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/j/Newton%27s%20Cradle.jpg).