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Map Making: A Brief History
Maps are such an integral part of daily life that it’s hard to believe that fewer and fewer schools are teaching geography to students or even basic map reading skills to young children. Most people learn to read maps through practice. The history of map making stretches back to the dawn of time. It is [...]
Published by Ryan on April 23rd, 2011 tagged history | Comment now »
Hoop Skirts and Tape Measures
Who invented tape measures ? Some people claim it was Alvin J. Fellows from New Haven, Connecticut, who in 1868 received a patent for a spring-click tape measure; however, he was building upon work that began across the ocean in Sheffield, England, which was the heart of England’s steel industry, where to this day you [...]