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Duct Tape: Saving Soldiers and Astronauts for 70 Years
2015-06-07 09:39:22| Biotech - Topix.net
In 1943, Vesta Stoudt had a job in a munitions factory where ammo cases were sealed with paper tape and melted wax. Worried the cases were too hard to open on the battlefield, Stoudt proposed a fix: Use waterproof cloth tape instead.
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