Monday, September 29, 2014

FAQ's

Who Invented scissors?????/





It is most likely that scissors were invented around 1500 BC in Egypt.The earliest known scissors appeared about 3000 to 4,000 years ago in Mesopotamia.. These were of the 'spring scissor' type comprising two bronze blades connected at the handles by a thin flexible strip of curved bronze which served to hold the blades in alignment to allow them to be squeezed together and to be pulled  apart when released.
Spring scissors continued to be used in Europe until the 16th century. Pivoted scissors of bronze or iron were invented by the Romans around AD100. These scissors are the direct ancestors of modern scissors.
How were they made?
During the Middle Ages and Renaissance,, spring scissors were made by heating a bar of iron or steel then flattening and shaping its ends into blades on an anvil. The center of the bar was heated, bent to form the spring, then cooled and reheated to make it flexible.


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