Common household scissors. Basic design probably hasn't changed in a
couple of centuries.
Rick
On Tue, 10 Feb 1998 15:57:13 -0800 Mike Lishego <mikesl@tartan.sapc.edu>
writes:
>John McEwen wrote:
>> Can anyone suggest other devices in common use which have remained
>true to
>> their first principles since inception. I would suggest that 50
>years
>> should be the minimum time consideration. I don't include the
>concept as
>> the basis but rather the actual mechanism.
>
> How about the floating mine used in many seas during various
>wars? They were
>used during the Civil War. Basically, the design has stayed
>unchanged, but the
>materials have become more high-tech...
>
>--
>Michael S. Lishego
>St. Andrews Presbyterian College
>Elementary Education Major,
>English Minor, Class of 1999
>R.A. of Winston-Salem Hall
>
>
>
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