(Library ebook) Zipper: An Exploration in Novelty (Reprint)
▲ Robert D. Friedel ▲
| #1210694 in Books | Robert Friedel | 1996-03-17 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 8.30 x.90 x5.50l,.84 | File Name: 0393313654 | 304 pages | Zipper
||4 of 5 people found the following review helpful.| Fascinating|By Jean-Claude Balland|This is the fascinating story of this marvel of "ingenious and effective design" that everybody today takes for granted. From the late 19th century invention of the hookless (but bugfull) fastener that was sold door to door by peddlers to today's ubiquitous zipper, it is the story of the Hookless Fastener Company's and others' decades-long s|From Publishers Weekly|How the ingenious zipper, a newfangled, unwanted novelty, became a ubiquitous part of daily life is the story told in this engaging chronicle peopled by a colorful cast of characters. The zipper can be traced to oddball Chicago inventor W
The story of the zipper is the triumph of an ingenious novelty over the practical world.
It is almost impossible to imagine modern life without this device; yet for the first thirty years or so, from its patent in the late nineteenth century, it represented no real advantage over traditional fasteners like the hook-and-eye or the old-fashioned button. The zipper was mechanically awkward, liable to rust, liable to fail (i.e., snag or burst open), ... [PDF.yr74] Zipper: An Exploration in Novelty (Reprint) Rating: 4.99 (627 Votes)
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