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Women’s Writing in the British Isles from the Beginnings to the Present
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George De Mestral
George de Mestral
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Mestral, George de
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1948: George de Mestral of Switzerland invented...
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1948
George de Mestral
of
Switzerland
invented
locking tape
(Velcro); it was made of cotton fabric, later nylon for durability.
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Panati, Charles.
Panati’s Extraordinary Origins of Everyday Things
. Perennial Library, 1987.
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