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Html Learn more about George de Mestral and his incredible invention. com Visit the official site of Velcro Industries to learn about the newest uses of George de Mestral’s invention. I N NO VATI O N S F RO M n atu r e 32 Apollo program, 20 archaeologists, 8 artifacts, 8 buckles, 7 burrs hooks, 11, 15 poisons, 11 seeds and, 11 shapes, 12 sizes, 12 spikes on, 9, 11, 15 buttons, 5–6, 8 dandelions, 10, 11 Duffy, Leonard, 22 historians, 8 hook and eye fasteners, 8, 15 Judson, Whitcomb, 7–8 Mestral, George de, 13, 15–17, 22, 25, 27, 29 NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration), 20, 22 shoelaces, 7 slidingly engaging fastener, 22 Sundback, Gideon, 8 Velcro hooks, 15–16, 17, 20 invention of, 13–17 loops, 16, 17 mass-production of, 29 materials, 16–17, 19–20 medical operations and, 24 name, 15, 17 patents for, 17, 22, 29 About the Author Josh Gregory writes and edits books for kids.
New York: DK Publishing, 2006. html Learn more about George de Mestral and his incredible invention. com Visit the official site of Velcro Industries to learn about the newest uses of George de Mestral’s invention. I N NO VATI O N S F RO M n atu r e 32 Apollo program, 20 archaeologists, 8 artifacts, 8 buckles, 7 burrs hooks, 11, 15 poisons, 11 seeds and, 11 shapes, 12 sizes, 12 spikes on, 9, 11, 15 buttons, 5–6, 8 dandelions, 10, 11 Duffy, Leonard, 22 historians, 8 hook and eye fasteners, 8, 15 Judson, Whitcomb, 7–8 Mestral, George de, 13, 15–17, 22, 25, 27, 29 NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration), 20, 22 shoelaces, 7 slidingly engaging fastener, 22 Sundback, Gideon, 8 Velcro hooks, 15–16, 17, 20 invention of, 13–17 loops, 16, 17 mass-production of, 29 materials, 16–17, 19–20 medical operations and, 24 name, 15, 17 patents for, 17, 22, 29 About the Author Josh Gregory writes and edits books for kids.
After a long, interesting life, de Mestral died on February 8, 1990, in his hometown. Nine years later, he was inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame. Thanks to his invention, he is sure to be remembered for many years to come. I n no vatio n s F ROM n atu r e 30 archaeologists (ahr-kee-AH-luh-jists) scientists who study past people and cultures by digging up and studying artifacts artifacts (AHR-tuh-fakts) objects made or changed by humans engineer (en-juh-NIHR) a person who is trained to design and build machines or structures humidity (hyoo-MID-i-tee) the amount of moisture in the air infrared light (IN-fruh-red LITE) a type of light that cannot be seen by the human eye mass-produce (MASS pruh-DOOS) to make large amounts of identical things using machines nylon (NYE-lahn) a strong, man-made fiber used to make such things as clothing, carpets, and ropes patent (PAT-int) the legal ownership of an invention reproduce (ree-pruh-DOOS) to produce offspring species (SPEE-sheez) one of the groups into which scientists organize similar animals or plants surface area (SUR-fis AIR-ee-uh) the amount of space exposed on the outside of an object Fr om T hi s tl e B ur r s t o .