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The first modern descriptions of these celts were published in the 1890s when [[Gilbert Walker|Sir Gilbert Thomas Walker FRS]] wrote his "On a curious dynamical property of celts" for the ''Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society'' in Cambridge, England, and "On a dynamical top" for the ''Quarterly Journal of Pure and Applied Mathematics'' in Somerville, Mass.

Additional examinations of rattlebacks were published in 1909 and 1918, and by the 1950s and 1970s, several more examinations were made. But, the popular fascination with the objects has increased notably since the 1980s when no lessfewer than 28 examinations were published.

==Size==