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普雷柏最近回忆道，当年，他在一本书上看到摆球序列图时，对经典力学一无所知，但是他喜欢建造模型。他试验了不同的滚珠轴承后，带着自己的设计，去找了著名设计师特伦斯·康伦(Terence Conran)——伦敦家居用品店Habitat的创始人。康伦曾经考虑过备货，但是因为成本问题而犹豫不决。普雷柏向英国设计委员会(British Design Council)寻求支持，但是对方不予资助，据他说，理由是这项发明“并未在牛顿的基础上有所改善”。

An enterprising buyer at Harrods was not so picky. Mr. Prebble described hand-delivering the first units to the store because he hadn’t figured out a way to package them without tangling the threads. He customized a black van with pictures of his creation, causing bystanders to gape and snap photos. At one point, he created a giant version that, he said, knocked a small child unconscious when it was displayed in a shop.

哈洛德百货公司(Harrods)的一个商户买主就没有那么挑剔了。普雷柏先生记得，他把第一批货亲自运到了那家店，因为他想不出有什么方法可以在不缠结缠结的情况下，将货物包裹好。他定制了一辆黑色面包车，在车身上张贴了作品的图片，引得旁观者目瞪口呆，纷纷拍照留念。

It was all going pretty well until the competition heated up. In 1968, Richard Loncraine, a British actor and director who had been trained as a sculptor, produced a version in chrome. Less expensive to make, that design helped drive Mr. Prebble’s company out of business. Mr. Prebble went on to a distinguished career as a voice actor with a specialty in audiobooks (he has recorded about 600). He now lives in Manhattan.