spirograph
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Spirograph is a geometric drawing device that produces mathematical roulette curves of the variety technically known as hypotrochoids and epitrochoids. The well-known toy version was developed by British engineer Denys Fisher and first sold in 1965.
Key facts
- Toy.name
- Spirograph
- Toy.image
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- Toy.caption
- Spirograph set
- Toy.inventor
- Denys Fisher
- Toy.country
- United Kingdom
- Toy.company
- Hasbro
- Toy.from
- 1965
- Toy.to
- present
- Toy.materials
- Plastic
- Toy.website
- https://www.playmonster.com/brands/spirograph/
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- Official website
- www.playmonster.com/brands/spirograph
- Image
- Spirograph plus (8417026572).jpg
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- Spirograph
- inception
- 1965-00-00
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Spirograph is a geometric drawing device that produces mathematical roulette curves of the variety technically known as hypotrochoids and epitrochoids. The well-known toy version was developed by British engineer Denys Fisher and first sold in 1965.
The name has been a registered trademark of Hasbro Inc. since 1998 following purchase of the company that had acquired the Denys Fisher company. The Spirograph brand was relaunched worldwide in 2013, with its original product configurations, by Kahootz Toys.