History of rubber bands
RUBBER BANDS
BY DIVYA SHRIMALI
Thomas hancock made the first known rubber band in england in 1843. He did so by slicing a rubber bottle from the americas into bands . Hancock’s invention wasn’t as stretchy or bouncy as todays bubber bands .
Before knowing more about rubber bands lets know how EARLIER people used to tie their hair.
They tie in form of of ‘ queue’ or‘tail’ .
MEDIEVAL METHOD TO TIE HAIR medieval hairstyle were highly formal with splendid head wear and rich variety of style . Among the upper classes , braids and buns were very popular and it was also common to use metallic wires and ribbons fot making medival hairstyles .
sometimes , bands of flower and leaves were used along with silk ribbons.
Germanic people gave great importance to medieval hairstyles and considered it a symbol of power and authority. Most important characteristics of medieval women hairstyle were flowers, silk bands, and leaves . long plaits braids and up-dos were also important .
PRESENT RUBBER BANDS the story of these stretchy , bouncy, durable bands goes back thousand of years . experts belief it began in the regions that many that many today call mexico and central america.
There, ancient civilizations harvested latex from rubbertree. To make this material less brittle , they mixed it with juice from morning glory vines. The was also strong and waterproof . the mayas, olmecs, and aztecs all used this rubberto make everyday. Many took rubber goods from americas back to europe.
CHARLES GOODYEAR , developed vulcanization in 1839 . the process involves heating rubber and sulfer.
Rubberbands are still made in much same way.
They start as long rubbertubes , which are then heated and pressurized.Finally , the tube is cut into bands . After being washed and dried , the rubber bands are ready.
There was time in pre 17 century when people brought ponytail mainstream forrubber bands . european soilder used this technique to tie there hairinstead ofrubber bands .
FUTURE OF RUBBER BANDS mostrecent variation of hairtie is ‘scrunchie’ . As this generation is moving towards more soft and smooth rubber bands in future rubber bands will come which can be adjust according to purpose . future rubber bands will have square shape so that they can be adjust and will become more soft when they will be in ther short form .
Coming generation is more into fashion and fashion trends but with that we need to make sure it is comfortable at the same time . so we’ll try to bring silk cloth back to make it more soft and healthy for hairs.
THE HAIR TIE HAS UNDERGONE CONSIDERABLE TRANSFORMATION FROM STRIP OF HOMESPUN RIBBON TO
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