Hanging the washing, this morning I got to thinking, Who invented both the clothes peg and the coat hanger and when? A search of Wikipedia gave me the answers. Clothes pegs or clothes pins, the kind used for hanging washing, were patented by Jeremie Victor Opdebec in the early 19th century. This design was fashioned in one piece and didn't use a spring. The design that we use, today was invented by David M Smith of Springfield, Vermont in 1853. This was done with a small spring, wedged between interlocking wooden (or now plastic) prongs. In 1887, Solon E Moore improved the design, with what he called a 'coiled fulcrum', what is used in todays pegs. A wooden peg made from a single piece of wood. Sometimes called a Dolly peg. A wooden peg with the coiled fulcrum. Some of the plastic pegs, available today. So thank you to Mr Opdebed, Mr Smith and Mr Moore for the humble peg. Now the coat hanger; several people are credited with this ob...
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DeleteThe new pages are great - adds lots of value to the blog.
ReplyDeleteYou asked for suggestions so here goes: How about adding a link to your website on your pages menubar. Another suggestion is to narrow in your left sidebar (I can show you how to do these thing when we catch up or I can make a short video and put it on Youtube.