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	How paper clip is made - Background, History, Raw materials, Design, The manufacturing process of paper clip, Quality ...
		Paper clips come in several forms, but the one most often seen in common use is called the Gem clip.
		Other distinguishing marks of paper clips are the overall size, the thickness, and quality of the wire, and whether the clip is corrugated or smooth.
		Though paper clips of differing designs continued to be made for several years, by about the mid-1930s, the Gem had become the most commonly used.
	www.madehow.com /Volume-7/Paper-Clip.html (1557 words)

	Paperclip -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: )
		They are still sometimes called "Gem clips", and in (A Scandinavian language that is the official language of Sweden and one of two official languages of Finland) Swedish, the (A unit of language that native speakers can identify) word for any paper clip is "gem".
		A giant paper clip was erected near (The capital and largest city of Norway; the country's main port; located at the head of a fjord on Norway's southern coast) Oslo in honour of Vaaler.
		A paper clip is also a useful accessory in (The branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures) computing: the metal wire can be unfolded with a little force.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/p/pa/paperclip.htm (626 words)

	Paperclip - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		A paper clip is a device which holds several sheets of paper together by means of pressure: it leaves the paper intact and can be easily removed.
		This contributed to the widespread use of paper clips as a symbol of resistance to the German occupiers and local Nazi authorities during World War II.
		A giant paper clip was erected near Oslo in honour of Vaaler.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Paper_clip (468 words)

	How Things Work - Discussion of Term Paper Requirements (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Paper clips are small objects, usually constructed from metal wire, that serve to hold several sheets of paper together as a single unit.
		In effect, a paper clip consists of two metal surfaces that are pressed against one another by the elasticity of the metal wire from which the paper clip is built.
		In use, the two halves of the paper clip are spread apart and the stack of paper is gripped between the two halves.
	rabi.phys.virginia.edu /106/paper.html (2397 words)

	Paper Clip (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The common paper clip is a wonder of simplicity and function, so it seems puzzling that it wasn't invented earlier.
		While the paper clip seems like such an obvious solution, its success had to await the invention of steel wire, which was "elastic" enough to be stretched, bent and twisted.
		The traditional paper clip is the essence of form follows function.
	www.cdf.org /cdf/atissue/vol4_1/Paper_Clip/paper_clip.html (355 words)

	Paper clip - Uncyclopedia, the content-free encyclopedia
		The paper clip (or Easily removable stainless elastic steel wire based pressure induced friction and torsion binding device) is a complex and ingenious mechanism capable of fastening several pieces of paper together without the need for any kind of glue or tape.
		The smallest paper clip in the world could be fit 29,000,000,006 times onto a pin head, whereas the largest is seven times larger than Belgium, and is home to several hundred inuits in the north of Canada.
		Early paper clip models were notorious for Mars Loop Failures, so much so that Microsoft attempted to reinforce their paper clips with spare pieces of computer hardware.
	uncyclopedia.org /wiki/Paperclip (1305 words)

	Paper Clip Walk (Site not responding. Last check: )
		As students test the strength of the magnet by stacking their paper plates together to see how many paper plates a paper clip is still attracted through, make sure that they understand that the paper plates are not blocking the magnetic field when the magnet will no longer hold the paper clip.
		The thickness of the paper plates has moved the magnet and paper clip far enough apart that the magnetic attraction is no longer strong enough to hold the paper clip, but it is still passing through the paper.
		Help students conclude that the thickness of the paper plates has moved the magnet and paper clip far enough apart that the magnetic attraction is no longer strong enough to hold the paper clip, but it is still passing through the paper.
	www.uen.org /Lessonplan/preview?LPid=2379 (629 words)

	Paper Clip History - Invention of the Paper Clip
		The modern paper clip was patented on November 9, 1899 to William D. Middlebrook of Waterbury, Connecticut.
		A paper clip is a device which holds several sheets of paper together by means of pressure: it leaves the paper intact and can be easily removed.
		While the paper clip seems like such an obvious solution, its success had to wait for the invention of steel wire, which was "elastic" enough to be stretched, bent and twisted.
	www.ideafinder.com /history/inventions/paperclip.htm (1530 words)

	Extra Case
		Paper, by its very nature is not adhesive, and requires something more to allow it to remain in a group.
		This is always a temporary arrangement, however, as the paper clip is not quite strong enough to hold paper together against all the elements.
		There could be many shapes of clip that can hold a pile of papers just about as well as, if not better than, a Gem, but the ability to manufacture the clips reliably and in large quantities is what would make or break a company.
	jacobs.indiana.edu /POM8e/Extra_Cases/PaperClips.htm (826 words)

	Paper Clip Hugs for Soldiers Story
		Georgia took one of the yellow paper clips and photo copied it in the palm of her hand.
		After the war ended, Georgia received one of the pictures of her hand holding the yellow paper clip, and on the back were over 150 signatures of people that had been given her "hug".
		She shared with the members of the class her paper clip symbolism, and made a bracelet of multicolored paper clips for each of them.
	www.lovethissite.com /paperclip (434 words)

	October 2002 - Paper Clip Finds Role in Documentary - iCOM Magazine (Site not responding. Last check: )
		As they walked the halls, they saw barrels of paper clips throughout the school, displays of Holocaust photos covering the walls, including a drawing of the front gate of Auschwitz and of concentration camp inmates in striped uniforms.
		Paper Clips is a 52-minute doc about this global movement and the students who started it.
		Paper Clips was edited on the Johnson Group’s Windows-based Avid 1000x1 with additional editing and support work done on a brand new Avid Xpress DV 3.5.
	www.icommag.com /october-2002/october-page-1.html (2367 words)

	Old and New
		Clips made entirely of plastic have never been very successful, their moulded, arrowhead shape holds neither a little nor a lot of paper very effectively.
		A 1958 office-usage study conducted by Howard Sufrin, heir to a Pittsburgh paper clip company, discovered that from a batch of 100,000 paperclips, 5,434 were used to pick teeth or scratch ears and another 14,163 were broken or twisted during telephone calls.
		There are paper clip sculptors, paper clip carousels, and according to Guinness, the longest paper clip chain made by one person in the span of 24 hours is the 819.33 metre creation of Belgium Jeanine Van der Meiren, which required 22,025 paper clips.
	www.biggeworld.com /archive/npbizpaper.html (1694 words)

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		Their "Paper Clips" project sparked one of the most inspirational and profound lessons in tolerance, in the least likely of places.
		The idea was to collect six million paper clips - one for each of the six million Jewish victims of the Holocaust - an idea that touched a chord among Holocaust survivors, their families and even world leaders and celebrities as word of the project spread.
		The students did some research, and discovered that citizens of Norway, where the paper clip was invented, wore paper clips on their lapels as a sign of patriotism and resistance against Nazi tyranny during the war years.
	www.adl.org /paperclips (554 words)

	Paper Clip Example
		The acceleration stress was determined to be the angle to which we bend the clips, thus two accelerated bend stresses of 90° and 180° were used.
		For the experiment a sample of six paper clips was tested to failure at both 90° and 180° bends.
		A base test sample of six paper clips was tested at a 45° bend (the assumed use stress level) to confirm the analysis.
	www.weibull.com /AccelTestWeb/paper_clip_example.htm (480 words)

	Household Science for Kids: Paper Airplanes
		Paper (copier or computer printer paper works best), some 1/2" or 3/4" cellophane tape, and a paper clip.
		Build a special paper airplane to demonstrate how and why airplanes and most birds can fly (when they're not flapping their wings).
		After folding the paper back, put a small piece of tape at the wing tips and at the center at the points marked A, B, and C. Now fold the plane along the center crease so that it creates a flattened out 'V'.
	www.fatlion.com /science/paperairplanes.html (526 words)

	Paper Clips
		The Gem paper clip, which was never patented, but which eventually became by far the best selling paper clip in the U.S., has been advertised since 1894, and may have been introduced in 1892.
		The two earliest patents indicate that bent-wire paper clips could be used in lieu of pins, sewing, "pointed bent-over paper fasteners," and eyelets.
		The patent indicates that a number of bent-wire paper clips were already in use when the application was filed in December 1896.
	www.officemuseum.com /paper_clips.htm (1540 words)

	The Paper Clip Project
		Their project is inspired by a historical lesson involving Europeans who wore paper clips on their lapels as a statement of protest against the Nazis.
		While the children's goal was to collect six million paper clips — one for each Jewish victim of the Nazis — the students received over 20 million, along with numerous letters of support from all over the world.
		Their envelopes usually contained one or more paper clips along with the names of those who were lost.
	www.acfnewsource.org /religion/paper_clip_project.html (718 words)

	Floating Paperclips Experiment (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Tying a paper clip to a thread and holding it away from a magnet, as shown in the photo, is a way to use magnetism to levitate an object.
		Next, hold a paper clip, tied to a thread, near the magnet so that the magnet will suspend the clip.
		Another experiment would be to see how many paper clips can be hung end-to-end from the magnet.
	my.execpc.com /~rhoadley/magclips.htm (196 words)

	Paper Clips
		This clip was originally intended primarily for attaching tickets to fabric, although the patent recognized that it could be used to attach papers together.
		The patent awarded to Samuel B. Fay described this clip as a ticket fastener to be used, in lieu of a pin, to fasten tickets to fine
		The patent noted that the clip could be used to attach a paper ticket to another piece of paper.
	www.earlyofficemuseum.com /paper_clips.htm (1540 words)

	The Paper Clip Home Page - Uses 4/8
		Paper Clip make a good thing to give to your friends when you have forgotten their birthday or a holiday.
		When your bic pen runs out of ink: hollow it out, stick a paper clip in the tube, and stick the clip it in an electrical socket while grasping the plastic tube for big sparks.
		Take the two clips you saved and straighten them out, then bend one end of each into tiny sled runners and affix them to the bottom of the empty box.
	www.geocities.com /ruip/puses4.html (832 words)

	The "Paper Clip" Puzzle
		Our Paper Clip puzzle may have a simple appearance, but this does not reflect its true nature.
		Although mathematically similar to the classic Ball and Ring puzzle, Paper Clip presents a greater challenge.
		Paper Clip is a very deceptive puzzle and is not for beginners.
	www.puzzles.ca /puzzle_data_3/paper_clip.html (87 words)

	No. 769: The Paper Clip
		The vast variety of paper clips testifies to the pleasure they've given their inventors.
		It was a soft metal clip you could bend into place to hold paper.
		So the paper clip remains as a tantalizing exercise in elegance and sophistication.
	www.uh.edu /engines/epi769.htm (457 words)

	Education World ® : Curriculum: Paper Clip Drive Helps Students Learn About Holocaust
		They and their students are collecting 6 million paper clips -- one paper clip to represent each person who died under Adolf Hitler's plan to wipe out the Jewish people.
		Paper clip donations have come in from around the world, some with letters detailing the writers' relationships to the Holocaust, including survivors and those who lost relatives.
		Originally, the plan was to melt down the paper clips and use the metal, but students objected.
	www.education-world.com /a_curr/curr239.shtml (1072 words)

	Description Exercise 1: Paper Clip
		To promote role recognition by having students actively identify the parts of an adequate technical description (of a paper clip) and state why each part is included.
		The student version of the paper clip description ("description case 1" below) contains the target text in the left column, divided by sentence (or very short paragraph), with scaffolding prompts (for key description features and their roles) in the right column.
		Description Case 1: Paper Clip (Annotated) Description Analysis A "Gem-style" paper clip is a FEATURE: Overview length of stiff steel wire bent into three flat, nested loops WHY: (1) show framework (Fig.
	www.ebstc.org /TechLit/analysis1d.html (1359 words)

	ZOOM . activities . sci . Floating Paper Clips \| PBS Kids
		The paper towel helps you to lower the paper clip onto the surface gently without breaking the surface tension.
		If you put the paper towel and 2nd paper clip in at the SAME time, with the paper clip on top of the paper towel, then it should always work.
		I came to the conclusion that you have to have a small paper clip not one of the huge ones.
	pbskids.org /zoom/activities/sci/floatingpaperclips.html (809 words)

	Erisian Ritual Magic II -- The Paper Clip Sacrifice (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Five paper clips, preferably virgin (which, for unknown reasons, seems to make all ritual sacrifices more effective; maybe the universe doesn't have any use for self-righteous prudes, either).
		Unbend the five paper clips and place them, without a word of explanation, on the desk of the uptight coworker.
		The ritual has, symbolically and in actuality, transformed the relatively small amount of bureaucratic order in the paper clips (the symbol of red-tape paperwork everywhere) into a much larger amount of confusion, thereby shifting (at least temporarily) the balance in your office.
	jubal.westnet.com /hyperdiscordia/paperclip.html (556 words)

	Tidbit for November 8, 1999
		Vaaler reportedly failed to exploit his invention, however, and year later a U.S. patent for a paper clip was awarded to Cornelius J. Brosnan of Springfield, Mass.
		The most popular current form of the paper clip, known as the Gem clip, was invented shortly thereafter in England.
		The paperless office is not yet here and without paper clips most of us would be drowning in loose papers instead of treading water among stacks.
	www.alteich.com /tidbits/t110899.htm (323 words)

	Net4TV Voice: Surfari: Humble Paper Clip
		Paper was used for writing information down for storage and transmission (the later generally occurred by means of a federal agency now referred to as "snail mail").
		Many of you may be under the impression that the paper clip is an indifferent, highly-disposable, impersonal object.
		Furthermore, a paper clip may be bent out of its regular shape and used as an improvised tool for any number of purposes.
	www.net4tv.com /Voice/story.cfm?storyid=3078 (1219 words)

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