Is there real lava in lava lamps?

Answer 1

No, silly. I believe that spinach is getting to your head...

Answer 2

An Englishman, Edward Craven Walker, invented the original and best-known lava lamp in the 1960s. He named it the "Astrolight" or "Astro Lamp" and presented it at a Hamburg trade show in 1965, where the entrepreneur Adolph Wertheimer noticed it. Wertheimer and his business partner Hy Spector bought the American rights to the product and began to produce it as the "Lava Lite"® via a corporation called Haggerty Enterprises and trading under the name Lava World International®. The lava lamp became an icon of the 1960s, where the constantly changing, brightly-color display has been compared to the psychedelic hallucinations of certain popular recreational drugs. In the 1990s Mr. Walker sold his rights to Cressida Granger whose company Mathmos continues to make lava lamps and other related products. Lava Lamps also made an appearance on the Discovery Channel hit show, Myth Busters. The myth was that a man was killed when his lava lamp exploded violently, launching a shard of glass into his heart.

Answer 3

Only in a few of them. You will need a great deal of heat to cause those which are filled with real lava to work.

Answer 4

Nope

Answer 5

No, the 2 substances are usually oil and paraffin.

Answer 6

Nope. They use some other kind of thing for that.

Answer 7

Sure there is, why don't you open it up and scoop some out and see if it burns ya.

Answer 8

dont think so. my uncle has them so now ill go and crack them open and see whats inside.

Answer 9

yes so don't stick yo finger in thar lol

happy day
old geezer

Answer 10

I don't think so, at least mine isn't