Who invented the nail ?
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nail_%28engineering%29\n\nread the link
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The quote is actually - "Genius is 1% Inspiration and 99% perspiration", and it was quoted by Thomas Alva Edison the most famous American Inventor who, singly or jointly, held a world record 1.093 patents. In addition, he created the world's first industrial research laboratory, 1847-1931.
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Edison invented the light bulb. It was a bit of inspirational genius that took many tries before he got it right. The idea was good but putting in all the effort to make the idea work was how the inspiration became genius.
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John Harrison developed longitude.\n\nLatitude is a bit more difficult to determine and is mostly about mathematics but I believe mathematician Karl Gauss had something to do with it. But you should research that some more.
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Elias Howe, who invented the sewing machine received a patent in 1851 for an 'Automatic, Continuous Clothing Closure.' Perhaps it was the success of the sewing machine, which caused Elias not to pursue marketing his clothing closure. As a result, Howe missed his chance to become the recognized 'Father of the Zip.' \n\nForty-four years later, Mr. Whitcomb Judson (who also invented the 'Pneumatic Street Railway') marketed a 'Clasp Locker' a device similar to the 1851 Howe patent. Being first to market gave Whitcomb the credit of being the 'Inventor of the Zipper', However, his 1893 patent did not use the word zipper. The Chicago inventor's 'Clasp Locker' was a complicated hook-and-eye shoe fastener. Together with businessman Colonel Lewis Walker, Whitcomb launched the Universal Fastener Company to manufacture the new device. The clasp locker had its public debut at the 1893 Chicago World's Fair and met with little commercial success.
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Not true.  He made this up.  Count the toes on your dog or cat; they have 4 plus a dew claw (that "thumb" on their heal).  Most mammals have 5 digits.  Our pinkies were going nowhere.
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.... a nail into a bit of wood?\n\na hammer.
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In Olde England many a manor had a massive wooden door.  Visitors would arouse those inside by hammering on a nail embedded in the door, to wit a "door nail."  Over the years the nail would take such a beating that "What could be deader than a doornail?"
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I've heard something that sounds similar:\n\n" If your only tool is a hammer, every problem looks like a nail " \n\nBut I can't remember who quoted that though.
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He invented the sandwich...\n:)
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I've had a read but cannot find an answer.\nThe hammer is one of the earliest tools known to man, the claw just evolved I guess.\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hammer
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Alexander Fleming in 1928 invented Pencillin.  It was a chance discovery.  He was doing some experimenting with Staphylococcus bacteria. He accidently left his culture plate smeared with the bacteria over the weekend. when he came back he found the plate contaminated.  When he looked closely he noticed that the bacteria was destroyed where the plate was infected.  Later he found out the mold(which infected the plate) to be Pencillium Notatum.  The following sites has more information, please read
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As far as I know, it was invented by Martin Luther during the 1500's.  When he posted his Thesis against the Catholic Church, he used it to get the Word of God into the hands of the common people.
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Dr. James Naismith invented it.\n\nGeorge Mikan was the star who helped popularize it
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Johann Wolfgang!\n\nHe discovered furfural, worked on the use of platinum as a catalyst, and invented a lighter, known as Döbereiner's Lamp.\n\n:)
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Cosmetologists have to use math to approximate where to cut the nails and at what angle to cut them to make them all match and visually pleasingly. They must also calculate how much nail polish is required to cover every square millimeter of the costumer's nail without overdoing it and rubbing it onto the skin. Barbers use math by figuring at what angle to cut and how to make it pleasingly.
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Longest Fingernails - Pair of Hands\nLee Redmond (USA), who hasn't cut her nails since 1979, has grown and carefully manicured them to reach a total length of 7 m 51.3 cm (24 ft 7.8 in).\nThe measurements of each fingernail is as follows:-\n\nRight hand \n\nThumb 76.4 cm (30.1 in)\n\nIndex finger 72.3 cm (28.5 in) \n\nMiddle finger 74.1 cm (29.2 in) \n\nRing finger 73.6 cm (29 in ) \n\nLittle finger 71.6 cm (28.2 in) \n\nLeft Hand \n\nThumb 80 cm (31.5 in)\n\nIndex finger 76.4 cm (30.1 in) \n\nMiddle finger 76.7 cm (30.2 in) \n\nRing finger 76.2 cm (30 in) \n\nLittle finger 73.6 cm (29 in)\n\n\nLongest Toenails\nIn 1991, the combined length of Californian Louise Hollis' 10 toenails was 2 m 21 cm (87 in) – so each is approximately 15.25 cm (6 in) long. She started growing her toenails after leaving them long to make her feet look pretty in sandals for the summer. The mother of 12 and grandmother of 21, Louise just couldn't bear to file them down. She enjoys the attention the nails bring her while out and about in her hometown of Compton, California. She spends two days a week maintaining the nails, with the whole family lending a hand to help paint and file her collection. She is single after a frustrated husband gave her the ultimatum, "It's me or the nails!" Her reply, "I've had you for 21 years but the nails are new."