Sunday, 30 August 2015

Invention of the Day - Post it Notes



‘Post It’ notes.


In 1970 Spence Silver was trying to develop a very strong glue. The samples of glue that didn’t work were stored away. A few years later Arthur Fry who was also a scientist at 3M was annoyed that his paper bookmark kept falling out of his songbook. He put some of Spence’s weak glue on the bookmark. It stuck to the pages but could be removed without tearing. 3M ‘post it’ notes launched in the 1980’s.


By Alan









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