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In the Middle Ages it was felt that the silhouette should be restrained, especially the breasts, which they thought should be firm and small. In those days, women wore many styles of corsets over their dresses, all with the similar purpose of flattening their breasts. An iron hinged armour like corset was worn to flatten the body giving a smooth outline beneath gowns. The iron corset must have been exceptionally uncomfortable and heavy to wear and could only have been worn by Elizabethan ladies...
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World production figures illustrate the dominance of polyester as the current main synthetic fibre. In 1970 nylon had the highest production value of all synthetics, at a level of 40%, with polyester second at 34%. Since 1975, however, when nylon had fallen to 33% and polyester had passed it to a level of 45%, polyester continued to grow on a percentage basis so that in 1998 it had reached 58% of world synthetic fibre production, mainly at the expense of nylon, which had fallen to less than...
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The onset of WW II meant nylon stocking production halted and the industry began to produce parachutes, tents and ropes. Bereft of nylon stockings many women used leg make up and would also have pencil lines drawn (or tattooed) on the back of their legs. When American soldiers were posted overseas many had stocks of nylons, chocolates and cigarettes to give away or sell. All such commodities were readily available to the US personnel. This meant they became very popular with the girls but less...
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1850 The California gold rush was in full swing, and everyday items were in short supply. Loeb Strauss, a 20-year-old Bavarian immigrant, left New York for San Francisco with a small supply of dry goods. Shortly after his arrival, a prospector wanted to know what Mr. Strauss was selling. When Strauss told him he had rough canvas to use for tents and wagon covers, the prospector said, "You should have brought pants!," saying he couldn�t find a pair of pants strong enough to last...
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The eighties started the great graphics craze. Artists who had shunned the T-shirt now found a new canvas. Prices of $2,000 and higher for a design became a reality, because great graphics sold shirts. Corporations also found a new vehicle for their message, and the era of using shirts to advertise started. Imagine, people will actually wear your company's name on their chest like a walking billboard and pay for the privilege! Great concept! Rock-'n'-roll and sporting event promoters discovered...
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Present Although this metal has only been in production commercially for about 150 years, it is one of the primary metals that is used in today's society, producing about 31 million tonnes in 1999.
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Leaves ripen from the ground upwards and were once picked several times before a field was entirely harvested. This task called "Cropping" is now mainly mechanised and completed in one pass Prior to this a tractor pulled a wheeled sled between the rows and croppers sitting on seats pulled the leaves. These were then passed to "Stringers" who sit further up the sled and wrapped bundles of leaves in twine. Each team comprises 10 people, 4 croppers, 4 stringers, a packer and a driver so was very...
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Thomas Frognell Dibdin (1776-1847) published a book in 1809 called THE BIBLIOMANIA; or, Book-Madness; containing some account of the History, Symptoms, and Cure of this Fatal Disease. Books used to be chained to the bookshelves in libraries? They still are in fictional places like Hogwarts (Harry Potter books) and The Unseen University Library (Terry Pratchett's Discworld books). Books were sold unbound in quires (gatherings of printed sheets or signatures). If you wanted a bound book you had to...
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IC forklifts provide the ability to be refuelled on the fly: simply fill it up at a gas pump or load a new propane canister on and your forklift is ready to continue working in no time. No fuel storage requirements. However the biggest downside of an electric forklift is the battery downtime. Electric forklifts are powered by large, heavy, lead-acid batteries that are considerably larger and more powerful than car batteries. The batteries typically provide enough power for one...
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In China, apricots were grown 4000 years ago and peaches over 2000 years ago. The modern tradition of tossing rice at the happy couple evolved from an ancient practice of throwing apples at weddings � likely to the relief of the newlyweds. The game of apple-bobbing began as a Celtic New Year's tradition for trying to determine one's future spouse. 80 per cent of grapes, the most widely grown fruit in the world, are fermented and then bottled as wine, brandy, cognac, and other drinks. The skin...
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1969 Ibuprofen was invented. This drug is important because it replaces its more dangerous relative, aspirin. Aspirin causes stomach distress in 2-10% of users, as well as affecting the blood's ability to clot. Reye's syndrome, another serious side effect of aspirin, affects children recovering from chicken pox or flu, causing confusion, irritability, nausea, and sometimes death. So, Ibuprofen acts like aspirin by blocking prostaglandins, which play a major role in sensing pain. In addition...
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Plastic bags and other plastic rubbish thrown into the ocean kill as many as 1,000,000 sea creatures every year. Recycling plastic saves twice as much energy as burning it in an incinerator. Plastics can take up to 400 years to break down in a landfill. If you lined up all the polystyrene foam cups made in just 1 day they would circle the earth. It takes 2 plastic soft drink bottles to make enough polyester fibre for a baseball cap. The energy saved by recycling 1 bottle will power a computer...
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With the advent of steam and later diesel engines sailing boats were relegated to recreational and sports use. Wooden masts had been in use for many thousands of years and proved itself as a reliable means of carrying sail. Things changed in the 20th century as boats began to be built solely for speed and racing. Aluminium masts in dinghies were first seen after the Second World War. They were tried in the development class dinghies such as the international moth and the international 14. There...
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1700 - Charcoal was replaced by Coal as the heating fuel. This turned out to be a bad idea, as the Sulphur in the Coal made the iron brittle and practically useless. The solution for this problem came from an unlikely source; beer brewing (making). Beer brewers had had a similar problem with this, when they tried to use Coal instead of Charcoal, the result was a bad smelling beer. Coke was invented to solve this problem. Coke is made by taking out the Sulphur in...
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