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Post by Viv on Oct 5, 2006 14:27:36 GMT 1
Question 4Everything has to be invented by someone, I've just hung my coat on a wire coat hanger and wondered "who invented this" So todays question is who invented the wire coat hanger ?
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Post by Old Dragon (Al) on Oct 5, 2006 14:38:25 GMT 1
Albert J. Parkhouse is credited with that.
Al - Independent - HWAR
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Post by mugsy on Oct 5, 2006 15:06:30 GMT 1
Only 1 more Independent to win this week and we all would have won.
Come on Nikki, make sure you win tomorrow pmsl
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Post by Viv on Oct 5, 2006 15:11:12 GMT 1
Yep indeed it was Albert J Parkhouse who enabled me to hang up my coat on a wire coat hanger Which prize would you like Al ?
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Post by borderfan on Oct 5, 2006 16:06:07 GMT 1
I kept checking this all morning and it was snuck in while I was at lunch
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Post by Old Dragon (Al) on Oct 5, 2006 18:05:32 GMT 1
Er... may I please have the pop up crate, as that might well be handy for their transporting/fosterers, thanks. Sorry, Borderfan. I just dropped in lucky and rarely look or even spot them.
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Post by Viv on Oct 6, 2006 13:17:32 GMT 1
Question 5Who invented the Zip fastener and where was it invented ? Good Luck
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Post by Jazz on Oct 6, 2006 14:30:10 GMT 1
cor, im in time and cant play as ive already won, just my luck lol good luck folks xxx
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Post by borderfan on Oct 6, 2006 14:41:26 GMT 1
Whitcomb Judson in 1891 in Chicago USA.
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Post by NIKKIB on Oct 6, 2006 15:14:24 GMT 1
An early device similar to the zipper, "an Automatic, Continuous Clothing Closure", was patented in the United States by Elias Howe in 1851; but it was not of practical use and did not reach the market. Whitcomb L. Judson patented a similar "Clasp Locker", for fastening shoes and boots, in 1891 or 1893, and marketed the invention through his Universal Fastener company. These two designs used hooks and eyes. The true zipper, and the design used today, is based on interlocking teeth. It was invented in St. Catharines by Gideon Sundback, a Swedish-born immigrant to Canada and an employee of Judson's; he also invented the "Hookless fastener" in 1913, and patented it, in 1917, as the "Separable Fastener". The B. F. Goodrich Company coined the name Zipper in 1923, and used the device on tobacco pouches and boots. The zipper became popular for children's clothing and men's trousers in the 1920s and 1930s. At this stage, the zipper was permanently joined at one end, so it could not be used to fasten jackets. Whitcomb died in 1956.
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Post by Viv on Oct 6, 2006 23:39:19 GMT 1
Well done Nikkib, this was what I was looking for
The true zipper, and the design used today, is based on interlocking teeth. It was invented in St. Catharines by Gideon Sundback.
Don't forget the Sunday quiz, half past eight on Sunday evening. I will be at work but have the questions all done continuing on the household item theme. Lillysdad will put the questions on for me.
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Post by Jazz on Oct 7, 2006 10:41:02 GMT 1
thank you xxx
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Post by mugsy on Oct 8, 2006 16:43:54 GMT 1
Nikki, were do you want your prize to go to, Staffy Cross or the Oldies?
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Post by NIKKIB on Oct 8, 2006 18:33:37 GMT 1
oldies please sorry been a little tied up here today. Hubby gone away for another week so i got peace and quiet NOT. Just got a new foster doggie here so uproar at the moment
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