Inventions that became popular due to the First World War and firmly entered our lives (7 photos)

Among them - condoms, tea bags, watches. And not only.





Sanitary napkin



In 1917, the American firm Kimberly-Clark began mass production of cellulose wadding, it absorbed any liquid five times faster than any dressings. By 1920 the military had become reduce purchases of miracle wool and the question arose of reducing production. But This is where the idea of ​​feminine sanitary pads came from. they say that her prompted nurses who worked in front-line hospitals.

This is how Kotex pads were born. At first they did not use special demand, and then there was a real boom and gaskets became used by almost all women in the US, and then the rest the world.

Wrist watch





Of course, they were before the First World War. But they became popular during the war - during the hostilities they were simply necessary, at least in order to synchronize the start of the battle. Received them first pilots, and then the rest of the military.

After the war, wristwatches became a mass phenomenon and the first the company that produced them for civilians was Cartier.

tea bags



They appeared at the beginning of the twentieth century: a cunning American merchant sent samples of tea to shops in thin silk bags. And one of For fun, potential buyers dipped this bag in boiling water. AT As a result, I received a strong, aromatic drink without a single leaf in the tea.

Well, during the war, tea bags were appreciated by German soldiers. Teekanne supplied the front with gauze bags containing tea leaves and the military gladly used them. And after the First World War, many firms around the world have launched the production of bags, but from cellulose filter paper.

Face wipes



In Russia, they are often called paper handkerchiefs. They are also invented by craftsmen from Kimberly-Clark - when they thought where to put the excess cellulose. They named the new product Kleenex and launched a mass advertisement. A few years later, napkins were already in the purse of every American ladies.

zipper



Until 1913, elements of clothing or bags were connected with hooks and buttons. And then the chief designer of the Universal Fastener Company came up with slider connecting small teeth.

Lightning began to be massively used during the war, and this invention hit the “citizen” in 1923.

condoms



They tried to invent in Italy in the XVI century. Then raged syphilis and tried to use canvas bags for prevention, infused with herbal extracts. The idea is dubious and useless, and therefore did not take root.

But she was remembered during the First World War. Then in the troops an epidemic of syphilis broke out again and German scientists quickly bungled condoms - they did not differ much from modern ones, except that they were a little thicker. They began to be massively supplied to the troops and this stopped epidemic of venereal diseases.

After the war, condoms were adopted by the British and French, and later they were sold around the world.