Safety pin

Picture of Safety pin, pins made to protect your fingers from scratches and pricks.
Invented on
Age
 Tuesday April 10, 1849
175
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8
months
12
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Basic information

AKA
dress pin
Category
inventions
Country
United States
Description
pins made to protect your fingers from scratches and pricks.

Variation of the regular pin which includes a simple spring mechanism and a clasp.

The modern safety pin was the invention of Walter Hunt. Elias Howe patented a similar machine in 1846

Find more information about Safety pin on Wikipedia

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Mercury
729.52 years
Venus
285.6 years
Mars
93.42 years
Jupiter
14.8 years
Saturn
5.97 years
 
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