Percy shaw net worth
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Catseyes: Biography of Percy Shaw (Spotlight) - Hardcover
Spotlight - Cats Eyes
Edwards, Florence
Published by Basil Blackwell, London, 1972
ISBN 10: 0631127100 / ISBN 13: 9780631127109
Used / Hardcover First Edition
Seller:Barter Books Ltd, Alnwick, NORTH, United Kingdom
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Black hardback cloth cover. Condition: VG : in very good condition. First Edition. 220mm x 180mm (9" x 7"). 64pp. With photographic illustrations and diagrams throughout. With dust jacket. The story of Percy Shaw, the man who invented the use of the catseye as an aid to in night-time driving. The book describes the development of this idea and its role in the modern manufatcuring process. Seller Inventory # j0811
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Teachers' Notes
Resource created by Calderdale Museums: Bankfield Museum
This resource tells the story of one man's invention that has saved countless lives around the world. All inspired by a cat!
Curriculum Links:
- KS1 History: Significant historical events, people and places in their own locality.
- KS1 Science: Materials.
- KS2 Science: Light – notice that light is reflected from surfaces.
- KS2 English: Writing diaries and autobiographies.
Activity Ideas
- Write an autobiography or biography of Percy Shaw. For example you could turn his life story into a comic strip or poem
- Design an experiment to investigate what materials reflect.
- What materials will you need?
- How will you ensure it is a fair test?
- What will your variables be?
- Our roads are a lot busier than they were in Percy’s time. Create an invention of your own to make our roads safer for people. This could be something to help:
- Pedestrians
- Cyclists
- Skateboarders or Scooter riders
- The elderly
- Wheelchair users
- Blind or deaf people
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Percy Shaw, Born 1890
inventor of catseye road reflecting studs
Percy Shaw grew up in a family of thirteen children in Boothtown, near Halifax in Yorkshire. His father was a dyer’s labourer in a local wollen mill. Percy Shaw left school aged 13, and worked first as a labourer. He soon realised there was no future in the heavy repetitive work, so he learned shorthand and bookkeeping and got a job in a factory office. He then worked in several industries and learned welding and machine-tool making; one job was in a carpet factory and he invented a way to provide rubber backings, foreshadowing the foam-backed carpet. He developed a business with his father repairing mangles, servicing cars, and laying tarmac. Driving home after dark, he noticed that the reflection of his headlights from the tramlines gave a good indication of the line of the road. One night, on a familiar but dangerous stretch of road, the tramlines had been taken up for repair, and his best idea came to him - why not put reflectors along the road?
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