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  2. Timeline of clothing and textiles technology - Wikipedia

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    500-1000 – Spinning wheel invented in the Indian subcontinent. [19] 1000s – Finely decorated examples of cotton socks made by true knitting using continuous thread appear in Egypt. [14] 1000s – The earliest clear illustrations of the spinning wheel come from the Islamic world. [20] 1100s-1300s – Dual-roller cotton gins appear in India ...

  3. Timeline of historic inventions - Wikipedia

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    The timeline of historic inventions is a chronological list of particularly significant technological inventions and their inventors, where known. [ a ] The dates in this article make frequent use of the units mya and kya , which refer to millions and thousands of years ago, respectively.

  4. Facial tissue - Wikipedia

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    In 1924, facial tissues as they are known today were first introduced by Kimberly-Clark as Kleenex. It was invented as a means to remove cold cream . Early advertisements linked Kleenex to Hollywood makeup departments and sometimes included endorsements from movie stars ( Helen Hayes and Jean Harlow ) who used Kleenex to remove their theatrical ...

  5. Timelines of world history - Wikipedia

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    These timelines of world history detail recorded events since the creation of writing roughly 5000 years ago to the present day. For events from c. 3200 BC – c. 500 see: Timeline of ancient history; For events from c. 500 – c. 1499, see: Timeline of post-classical history; For events from c. 1500, see: Timelines of modern history

  6. History of decompression research and development - Wikipedia

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    The different tissues were designated as tissue groups with different half-times, and saturation was assumed after four half-times (93.75%) Five tissue compartments were chosen, with half-times of 5, 10, 20, 40 and 75 minutes. [55] Depth intervals of 10 ft were chosen for decompression stops. [11]

  7. History of clothing and textiles - Wikipedia

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    Indian cotton textiles were the most important manufactured goods in world trade in the 18th century, consumed across the world from the Americas to Japan. [76] The most important center of cotton production was the Bengal Subah province, particularly around its capital city of Dhaka .

  8. Timeline of plastic development - Wikipedia

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    Nylon is invented and patented by DuPont. [6] 1938: Nylon is first used for bristles in toothbrushes. It features at the 1939 World's Fair and is famously used in stockings in 1940. 1938: Polytetrafluoroethylene (commonly known as teflon), discovered by Roy Plunkett at DuPont. 1941

  9. Mary Kenner - Wikipedia

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    Mary Beatrice Davidson Kenner (May 17, 1912 – January 13, 2006) was an American inventor most noted for her development of the adjustable sanitary belt. [1] Kenner received five patents, which includes a carrier attachment for invalid walker and bathroom tissue dispenser.