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February 10, 2015

The Invention of the Cardboard Box

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In 1879, a pressman at his factory didn’t see that the press rule was too high and it reportedly cut through thousands of small seed bags,
instead of creasing them, ruining them all before production was stopped and the problem fixed. Gair looked at this and realized if sharp cutting blades were set a tad higher than creasing blades, they could crease and cut in the same step on the press. While this may seem like an obvious thing, it’s not something any package maker had thought of before.
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Posted by gerardvanderleun at February 10, 2015 8:44 AM. This is an entry on the sideblog of American Digest: Check it out.

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Cardboard rules, and I am very aware that it came about pretty near the industrial revolution, and then took off. I spent all of today on cardboard. Not like you're thinking, though.

Speaking of that, imagine the guys under the Alaska Way Viaduct without cardboard. It'd be a huge problem.

Posted by: Casey Klahn [TypeKey Profile Page] at February 10, 2015 7:12 PM

Casey, I heard but did not confirm the assertion that Ferguson Mo will be rebuilt using mostly cardboard and some other highly inflammable materials. It will save We The People much money when we rebuild it again.

Posted by: chasmatic [TypeKey Profile Page] at February 11, 2015 7:01 AM

Think of all the people the ACLU force out of institutions that would have no homes without cardboard.

Posted by: Vermont Woodchuck [TypeKey Profile Page] at February 11, 2015 1:05 PM

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