Re: Musk is having a bad week

On 12 Aug 2024 17:14:34 -0300, Mike Spencer
<mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> wrote:

I'k pretty sure cut nails came first, then wire nails.

The Humble Nail - A Key to Unlock the Past

The next phase of progress in nails was the appearance of "cut" nails,
beginning in the very late 1700's
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...
Cut nails continued as the standard until the end of the 1800's, and
were used in building construction, ships and furniture. These nails
fairly accurately date furniture to the 1900's, although it is worth
remembering that sometimes modern nails were added in subsequent
repairs.
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About 1880 in America and in Europe, the modern wire nail was
developed.


https://www.harpgallery.com/blog/the-humble-nail-a-key-to-unlock-the-past/