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Then came the drinking bird, a toy that dipped its beak incessantly into a glass of water. The technology (based on temperature differentials created by the evaporation of liquid from the bird’s head) dated to 1910, Mr. Barrett said, but the object became a hit after World War II.

后来流行的是饮水鸟，这个玩具是一只不断俯下身子、将喙伸入一杯水中的小鸟。其技术原理是，鸟头的液体蒸发会造成温度差。巴雷特表示，这项技术可以追溯到1910年，但是这个玩具在二战后风靡了起来。

The clearest expression of the executive toy, however, emerged in the late 1960s, with the popularization of Newton’s Cradle. Though a few people deserve credit for its proliferation, it was Simon Prebble, a British actor, who designed an early version out of wood in 1967 and named it after its resemblance to the strings in a cat’s cradle game.

不过，有关办公室玩具的明确表述始于20世纪60年代末，当时正值牛顿摆的风靡时期。虽然有好几个人为牛顿摆的普及做出过贡献，但是英国演员西蒙·普雷柏(Simon Prebble)是第一人，因为他在1967年用木头设计出了早期版本的牛顿摆。由于牛顿摆的整体造型酷似cat's cradle string（即翻花绳），普雷柏将其命名为“Newton's Cradle”（即牛顿摆）。

As Mr. Prebble recently recalled, he knew nothing about classical mechanics when he found a sketch of the pendulum sequence in a book, but he enjoyed building models. After experimenting with different ball bearings, he took his design to Terence Conran, the founder of the London store Habitat. Mr. Conran considered stocking it, but balked at the cost. And the British Design Council, from which Mr. Prebble sought support, denied him a grant because the invention “hadn’t improved on Newton,” he said.