Monday, October 3, 2011

Amazing inventions: the needles

The needles

One of the most important inventions of the human history are the needles. The needle is a small strand, and is done of metal or other materials. Its form could be straight or oval, and the principal characteristic is its sharp end and the “eye” in the other end. The needle is used from 20.000 years ago. At the prehistoric times it was done of wood, rock or bone, and later had begun to be done of iron.

There are many kinds of needles: knitting needle, sewing needle, upholstery needle. And it has been used like reference to some plants (pine needle, needle bush, etc), and has had many application, since the sewing until the modern medicine.

Nobody knows who was the first man who invented the needle, but all people know what is the important of this invention.

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