Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sir Barnes Wallis developed the bouncing bomb using marbles in a water tub [Wallis Family] A collection of personal items ...

While a simple Google search might describe Barnes Wallis as an engineer, the label barely scratches the surface of what he actually was and what he brought to life. What many don’t realise is that he ...

A collection of personal items belonging to the inventor of the bouncing bomb have been sold at auction. The objects, which included marbles used in early experiments for the bomb by engineer Sir ...