A HUMBLE 'HISTORY
TIESPITE the antiquity of the humble U pin, it was not until 1824 that it was manufactured by machinery in England. The pin begins its life as part of a great length of brass wire wound round a reel. After various processes of “thinning out,” the pins as we know them are turned out in their thousands dally. When we first encounter the pins they are neatly arranged in rows on a sheet of paper, and each row a different size. This arrangement is all done by machinery. The pins are placed on the paper, which is then “crimped’’ to form ridges, through which the pins are ultimately pushed. This machine never errs, but fills up the sheet with perfect accuracy.
Millions and millions of pins are made every year, but, no matter how many are made, the demand is always for more. Thus we have an unsolved mystery: “Where do all the pins get to?” .
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Dominion, Volume 32, Issue 100, 21 January 1939, Page 3 (Supplement)
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159A HUMBLE 'HISTORY Dominion, Volume 32, Issue 100, 21 January 1939, Page 3 (Supplement)
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