History
The history of the nail comprises roughly three distinct periods:
- the period of the hand-wrought (forged) nail (pre-history until about 1800)
- the period of the cut nail (roughly 1800 to 1900)
- the period of the wire nail (roughly 1900 to the present)
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Famous quotes containing the word history:
“The history is always the same the product is always different and the history interests more than the product. More, that is, more. Yes. But if the product was not different the history which is the same would not be more interesting.”
—Gertrude Stein (1874–1946)
“All objects, all phases of culture are alive. They have voices. They speak of their history and interrelatedness. And they are all talking at once!”
—Camille Paglia (b. 1947)
“This is the greatest week in the history of the world since the Creation, because as a result of what happened in this week, the world is bigger, infinitely.”
—Richard M. Nixon (1913–1995)