Fascinating Questions on History and Inventions

BobG · Sep 13, 2004

meteor said:

5) Aristarchus of Samos. Of the ancient greek school

Aarrgh! Couldn't get that name out right, no matter how hard I tried. Arcturus, Hectarchus, geez, tried about every combination I could think of and couldn't remember his name.

Adam · Sep 13, 2004

Scissors (as we know them) have been around for a couple of thousand years. Long before Da Vinci.

marlon · Sep 13, 2004

Adam said:

Scissors (as we know them) have been around for a couple of thousand years. Long before Da Vinci.

you again

No, no, you are wrong

Adam · Sep 13, 2004

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/archaeology/ser3pro2_1.shtml
http://www.museums.org.za/sh/histarccol.html
http://arc.novgorod.ru/second.php3?menu=emain&content=article/eng/russa2k.txt
http://archaeology.asu.edu/tm/pages2/sala8.htm

Just do a search for scissors archaeology and you should see plenty of useful pages. I've seen scissors thousands of yaers old. Heck, the game Paper, Rocks, Scissors is thousands of years old.

marlon · Sep 13, 2004

Adam, i know this

i was referring to scissors as WE know them. Not just some object to cut things

Adam · Sep 13, 2004

Two blades joined at a pivot between the grips and the cutting surfaces, yes. They've been around for millennia.