Today I Found Out
The Invention of the Cardboard Box (2017x87)
Air date: Apr 11, 2017
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→How "Dick" came to’’s body. Heck, it is even in the International Toy Hall of Fame in Rochester, New York. As with a lot of things that have become commonplace, hardly any thought has been put into how and why it is was invented and by whom. In fact, the history of the cardboard box, besides rarely being talked about, isn’t particularly well documented either. However, cobbled together through several sources, patents, and old forgotten texts, we can start to piece together the story of the ubiquitous cardboard box.
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Sources:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardboard_box
https://books.google.com/books?id=5RoaBgAAQBAJ&pg=PR2&dq=Cartons,+Crates+and+Corrugated+Board&hl=en&sa=X&ei=CcTTVN7YBaTfsASfkYHoCA&ved=0CDEQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=Robert%20Gair&f=false
https://www.google.com/patents/US122023?dq=Albert+Jones+1871&hl=en&sa=X&ei=3IPTVPvDBrXIsASbyYGgAQ&ved=0CB0Q6AEwAA
http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O25924/the-game-of-besieging-das-board-game-unknown/
http://books.google.com/books?id=yQkLAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA7&dq=%22cardboard+box%22+1817&hl=en&sa=X&ei=924ZUrLDHomEjALuuYHICw&ved=0CFwQ6AEwBA#v=onepage&q=%22cardboard%20box%22%201817&f=false
http://books.google.com/books?id=jkRFAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA407&dq=cardboard+OR+card-board&hl=en&ei=3clATcXTFYGClAfF8PH9Ag&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CEYQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=cardboard%20&f=false
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_paper
http://ohioline.osu.edu/cd-fact/0133.html
http://www.toyhalloffame.org/toys/cardboard-box
http://sciencelens.co.nz/2012/12/19/corrugated-cardboard/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Gair
http://www.ipst.gatech.edu/amp/collection/museum_invention_paper.htm
Image Credit:
https://www.bigstockphoto.com/ru/image-19426028/stock-photo-%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%BD%D1%8B%D0%B
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