However, Glidden did design a successful improvement on Smith's original design. His improvements enabled the wire to be machine-made, which greatly reduced the cost of production and made it much easier to install. He patented his design in 1874 and quickly became wealthy from his invention.
Every Union soldier who heard the Confederate battle cry known as Rebel Yell and said he was not scared, probably never heard it, wrote in his monumental work The Civil War. A Narrative by the distinguished historian Shelby Fotte. The famous screech of southern rebels was an integral part of most ba
In the south of Poland, traces of a Celtic settlement from before 2.5 thousand were discovered years. The Celts who got here brought knowledge and skills unknown to the locals. The cradle of the Celts is the area of the Lower Rhine and Danube, north of the Alps. It was in this area of Europe (
He targeted beasts that took a taste for human flesh. It was his bullets that killed a tigress from Champawat, India with at least 434 victims. No wonder Jim Corbett has gone down in history as a man-eater slayer - and one of the most famous hunters of all time. Jim Corbett was born in British Ind
Racial purity at all costs. Belief in inherent superiority over neighboring nations. And bestial crimes against thousands of victims, justified by one shocking argument:we kill Slavic subhumans, so nothing bad happens. This is the German vision of the world in the middle of the 10th century. Hun