| The Public Paperfolding History Project
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| The Propellor / Helice | |||||||
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page is being used to collect information about the
history of the design known as the Propellor or Helice,
which is made by twisting a strip of paper (or two strips
together). Please contact me if you know any of this
information is incorrect or if you have any other
information that should be added. Thank you. There is a separate page for the Whirligig, which works in a similar way, but which is created using cuts. ********** 1893 As far as I now this design first appears in 'L'Illustration' 2608 of 18th February 1893. It was subsequently published Volume 3 of 'La Science Amusante' by Tom Tit (real name Arthur Good), which was also published in 1893.
********** The design also appears: 1932 In 'Winter Nights Entertainments' by R M Abraham, which was first published by Constable and Constable in London in 1932, under the title of 'The Spinning Aeroplane'.
********** 1939 As 'A Whirling Parachute' in 'Fun with Paper' by Joseph Leeming, which was published by Spencer Press Inc in Chicago in 1939.
********** 1940 In 'At Home Tonight' by Herbert McKay, which was published by Oxford University Press in London, New York and Toronto in 1940, contains a version of this design made from two paper strips twisted together.
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