12-13-1928 The clip-on tie is invented
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| Audience/Grade: | College Freshman-Continuing Education |
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Design Engineering Management Engineering Mechanics Entrepreneurship and Innovation General Engineering, Engineering Science History of Science and Technology Industrial Design |
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Community - Blog |
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Celeste Roschuni |
| Description: | Engineering Pathway's "Today in History" blog. Excerpt: "Today in History - December 13, 1928 - Today is Clip-on Tie Day. That's right, on this day, 79 years ago, someone (and I couldn't find out who) invented the clip-on tie. This fine fashion accessory often gets a bad wrap. People belittle it as the tie for people that don't know how to tie a tie themselves. If you are somehow unfamiliar with what a clip-on tie is, it is essentially a bow tie or four in hand tie which is permanently tied into its knot with a dimple just below the knot. Instead of looping around the neck, this tie is simply fixed to the front of the shirt collar with a metal clip. Though it doesn't look as much like a real tie to fool everyone, and may accidentally come off with a too-hard tug, many people use clip-on ties every day. The fact that a clip-on tie is likely to come off should it be tugged is actually a wonderful safety feature, especially for people such as police, paramedics, and engineers. Many of these occupations require personnel to use clip-on rather than full ties. Others might be mocked for wearing clip-ons because they don't know how to tie a tie, or because they feel it is less restrictive, but the good old clip-on redeems itself by helping many wearers stay out of harms way. So here's to that mysterious inventor of the clip-on tie. Harrah!" |
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| Keywords: | clip-on tie knots |
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"Today in History" Blog of the Engineering Pathway Digital Library |
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(a) Apply mathematics, science, and engineering (c) Design a system, component, or process |
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Interesting way to connect the mathematics of knots to a design invention. |
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Easy |
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| Publication Date: | December 2008 |
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WWW |
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Free |
| Download URL: | http://www.k-grayengineeringeducation.com/blog/index.php/2011/12/ |
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IEEE LOM Record |
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NEEDS
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