Sunday, August 10, 2014

Who invented staples?

Who invented staples?
Interestingly, staples have been around for a very long time! From 500BCE Iran onwards, large metal staples were used to hold stones together in construction. The basic home stapler and staples as we know them were thought up in 1877 by Henry Heyl (US Patent No. 195,603).

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