In the year of 1851, Whitcomb Judson invented the zipper. Gideon Sundback improved on Whitcomb Judson’s work. After a few years the zipper was made better and stronger. Sundback increased the amount of “teeth” on the zipper; which seemed to make it stronger. The soldiers during the civil war wore zippers on their clothing.
The women were using sewing machines. These machines were invented by many different people, but the first inventor to get a patent on the machine was Ellis Howe. This patent was awarded in 1846.
The 1920s, an era commonly known as the “Roaring Twenties” was a time period filled with various new and innovative inventions. Starting off as a simple fix to a common problem, scotch tape was introduced in 1925 by a humble engineer, Richard Drew. Almost a century has passed since Richard Drew’s invention of scotch tape, and it is still used for various uses.
Velcro could be used instead of buttons on the pockets, and zippers may replace the buttons on the fly of the trousers. While on garrison duty, zippers may also be used on the blouse, to unzip the arm portion of the sleeve, to avoid rolling up the sleeves in garrison duty during hotter climates. The basic pattern of the cammie uniform will have a face-lift as well.
Some of the inventions that were brought about during World War 1 include the Thomas Splint, Vehicle X-Ray Units, and the Brodie Helmet. Vehicle X-Ray Units were invented by Marie Curie in 1914, in France. These were used near the battlefield to check for any broken limbs on soldiers before they were sent to a hospital. These are still used today so any injuries can be spotted as soon as possible.(www.ethw.org) The Thomas Splint was originally invented in
Confederate "haversacks" were used to carry food rations. These bags were typically made of linen and lacked the waterproofing found on Union counterparts.
Jeans have quite a history starting with the one and only Levi Strauss, he was a shopkeeper in San Francisco which at the time was a rapidly expanding city in the 1800’s. The gold rush was on and everybody was traveling to California to strike gold of their own. The Miners clothes had to endure very harsh conditions of cold, rocky and muddy conditions, standard clothes of the day were not quite getting the job done. The cotton twill pants which were standard for the time were uncomfortable and always ripped very easily around the pockets under the stress of mining and tough labor. Jacob Davis, a tailor came up with the idea of using copper rivets instead of stitching the points where the jeans encountered the most stress. The pockets were riveted with copper fasteners to prevent them from tearing from the wear of mining. This very unique feature was a huge success with the miners and hard workers of the time and his denim jeans and overalls sold very well.
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Jasper Jones is a coming of age novel that the author Craig Silvey has set in 1965, in the small town of Corrigan; thick with secrecy and mistrust. Charlie Bucktin, an innocent boy at the young age of thirteen, has been forced to mature and grow up over a life changing, challenging summer. With a little help from Jasper Jones, Charlie discovers new knowledge about the society and the seemingly perfect town that he is living in, as well as the people that are closest to him. The most important ideas and issues that Craig Silvey portrays in Jasper Jones are: coming of age and identity, injustice and racism. These themes have a great impact on the reader. While discovering and facing these new issues, Charlie and his best friend Jeffrey Lu gain a greater awareness of human nature and how to deal with the challenges that life can throw at you.
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The gas mask, ever wondered who invented it? If not, then what about the traffic light? Well, Garrett A Morgan invented both of them. You may not have heard of him simply because Morgan been buried under and never spoken of simply because Morgan was a minority back when racism and sexism were extremely common. So they basically never talked about him inventing anything, and now not many people know about him. Both of his inventions are one of the greatest inventions to date.
The zipper started off as a novelty, and because of its convenience, it is now a necessity.The first zipper was invented by Whitcomb Judson. He devised it to do up boots, and got the device patented on August 29, 1893. He called it the "clasp locker". The clasp locker was much bulkier than the zipper we know today. It was a series of two rows of hooks and eyes that could be fastened by a "slider" (which was the most important part of Judson's invention).
May 20, 1873 was the day a patent from the U.S. was issued allowing Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis to place rivets on work pants for the first time (Our Story). The idea to place rivets on jeans first came from Jacob. He was going to patent the idea himself, but his wife told him not to waste the money again. So he sold the idea to Levi and received sixty-eight dollars for it (Our Story). This was an important step for work pants because when the gold miner would put diamonds or gold nuggets in their pockets they would tear the seam (Henry, Taitz 60). Placing rivets on the pockets helped to keep them sturdy. Also the pants had a policy with them reading “It’s no use they can’t be ripped,” which they rarely did (Our Story). The rivets were placed where the seams meet so it reinforced the seams of the pocket preventing them from tearing away from the pants. At this time interest in the gold rush was growing and many men greatly appreciated the riveted pockets because they did not have to spend more money to continually buy new pants. Levis’ pants were the most widely used pants in California in the 1880s. For many years the pants were continuously used by working men in the field such as for the gold rush.
Louis Francois Janin was granted the first barbed wire patent in 1865. He is the inventor who has the majority of the credit for inventing barbed wire. After the invention was doing well in the market for a while, a popular company named Washburn & Moen, got a license to produce barbed wire. This was like many other companies who to advantage of the soaring popularity of barbed wire. Washburn & Moen became one of the most popular to sell barbed wire. But, like many other popular products, barbed wire’s popularity declined and soon was taken over by plain wire. Although its popularity has decreased, barbed wire has many uses today in the modern society. Some of its uses in modern times are in the agricultural, political, law enforcement, and
The story behind the birth of jeans emerges from an interesting collaboration between an innovative tailor and a bright businessman. In 1853, Levi Strauss established a whole dry goods business in San Francisco, selling clothing and many other products to small general stores all through the west of America. One of many regular costumers was Jacob Davis, a tailor in Reno Nevada, who used to purchase his work material from the whole sale house of Levi Strauss & Co. At some point, Davis invented the process to rivet the pocket corners on men’s pants to make them stronger. Having earned great success, Davis decides to write to Levi Strauss, suggesting that they jointly apply for a patent; and Levi agreed. Consequently, in 1873, Levi Strauss & Jacob Davis are granted a patent on the process of riveting pants by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office on May 20. It is patent number 139,121 and this is the invention of the blue jeans.
One of Garrett Morgan’s greatest and most known inventions is the gas mask. Garrett created the gas mask in 1912 after spending two years in his workshop perfecting the device (Olson 27). He intended the device to be used by firefighters, so more lives could be saved in major fires. It did this by having a safety hood over the face with a tube hanging out toward floor level, to take advantage of the fresh air near the floor, and had a pouch of fresh air inside the hood that usually lasted twenty minutes (“Garrett A Morgan” 2). He was given the patent for his