Use for the following questions:

http://web.mit.edu/afs/athena.mit.edu/org/i/invent/www/archive.html

1. Click on inventors whose names start with the letter H. Scroll down the names and find the person that "invented" Silly Putty. Who is it?

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2. This invention was an accident! What was James Wright trying to invent a substitute for?

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3. What was the original name for this putty?

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4. When our government could not use this putty, what did Peter Hodgson do in 1949?

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5. Name one thing that Silly Putty can do.

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