Marble (toy) Martin Frederick Christensen—also of Akron, Ohio—made the first machine-made glass marbles on his patented machine. His company, The M. F. Christensen & Son Co., manufactured millions of toy and industrial glass marbles until they ceased operations in 1917. The next US company to enter the glass marble market was Akro Agate. This company was started by Akronites in 1911, but located in Clarksburg, West Virginia. Today, there are only two American-based toy marble manufacturers: Jabo Vitro in Reno, Ohio, and Marble King, in Paden City, West Virginia. In Australia, games were played with marbles of different sizes. The smallest and
What We Almost Made What We Almost Made What We Almost Made is a 2008 mixtape by London-born entertainer Example. Similar to his previous full-length releases "We Didn't Invent the Remix" and "What We Made", all of the songs in "What We Almost Made" were mainly written by Example and produced by Rusher. As the title suggests, "What We Almost Made" was made as a follow-up to "What We Made" and contains unreleased tracks that weren't included in any of his previous releases (five of which feature various artists); three of the songs, although, were originally B-sides taken from the vinyl releases of the