Comments on: First Spiral Notebook (Sep, 1934) http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/07/15/first-spiral-notebook/ Yesterday's tomorrow, today. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:21:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: new http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/07/15/first-spiral-notebook/comment-page-1/#comment-1103332 new Wed, 01 Feb 2012 14:14:07 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/07/15/first-spiral-notebook/#comment-1103332 who manufared the sparel notebook who manufared the sparel notebook

]]> By: Markham http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/07/15/first-spiral-notebook/comment-page-1/#comment-1094760 Markham Fri, 26 Aug 2011 14:58:35 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/07/15/first-spiral-notebook/#comment-1094760 Thank you. I was just having a discussion with my friends on why they're called spiral-bound instead of coil-bound notebooks (it's not a spiral, it's a coil!), and a friend suggested 'I'd always assumed the use of "spiral" for concentric spira and "coil" for transverse spira to be a modern affectation.' Well, something must have gone awry if the 1934 marketing copy uses the word 'coil' and we have dropped that for an inaccurate term today. Thank you. I was just having a discussion with my friends on why they’re called spiral-bound instead of coil-bound notebooks (it’s not a spiral, it’s a coil!), and a friend suggested ‘I’d always assumed the use of “spiral” for concentric spira and “coil” for transverse spira to be a modern affectation.’

Well, something must have gone awry if the 1934 marketing copy uses the word ‘coil’ and we have dropped that for an inaccurate term today.

]]> By: Toronto http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/07/15/first-spiral-notebook/comment-page-1/#comment-1081924 Toronto Sat, 16 Oct 2010 01:55:19 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/07/15/first-spiral-notebook/#comment-1081924 Charlie - yeah, they were a bit of a pain, which is why Kinkos exists today. I learned how to use one the same week I learned how to assemble a large Mac publishing system (bought at auction with no manuals), and to use Qark and a few other bits and pieces (a scsi scanner, an Appletalk printer, etc.) Put out a 32 page fake catalog as practice, then mutilated the first copy in the damned punch/binder machine. Once I got the hang of it it was not really much worse than any other weird paper mangling machine. At an engineering job I once had, we had a combination shear/punch/stapler/stitcher (it used copper wire.) It had a big treadle you jumped on to cycle it, and the punches rotated on a rack gear as they cut through the paper. It was awesome! No guards, no safety features - just a little trough to catch chads, sharp wire ends, and little bits of fingers and such that got caught in the mech... Charlie – yeah, they were a bit of a pain, which is why Kinkos exists today.

I learned how to use one the same week I learned how to assemble a large Mac publishing system (bought at auction with no manuals), and to use Qark and a few other bits and pieces (a scsi scanner, an Appletalk printer, etc.) Put out a 32 page fake catalog as practice, then mutilated the first copy in the damned punch/binder machine. Once I got the hang of it it was not really much worse than any other weird paper mangling machine.

At an engineering job I once had, we had a combination shear/punch/stapler/stitcher (it used copper wire.) It had a big treadle you jumped on to cycle it, and the punches rotated on a rack gear as they cut through the paper. It was awesome! No guards, no safety features – just a little trough to catch chads, sharp wire ends, and little bits of fingers and such that got caught in the mech…

]]> By: Charlie http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/07/15/first-spiral-notebook/comment-page-1/#comment-1081920 Charlie Fri, 15 Oct 2010 22:01:47 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/07/15/first-spiral-notebook/#comment-1081920 Toronto: Oh god. I remember trying to use one of those machines. It never ended well. Toronto: Oh god. I remember trying to use one of those machines. It never ended well.

]]> By: Jari http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/07/15/first-spiral-notebook/comment-page-1/#comment-1081911 Jari Fri, 15 Oct 2010 16:40:49 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/07/15/first-spiral-notebook/#comment-1081911 Toronto: No no, comb binding was used in the lost continent of Mu. Atlantians, on the other hand, used a one sort of ring binders. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gaffelparm.jpg Toronto: No no, comb binding was used in the lost continent of Mu. Atlantians, on the other hand, used a one sort of ring binders. http://commons.wikimedia.org/w.....elparm.jpg

]]> By: Toronto http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/07/15/first-spiral-notebook/comment-page-1/#comment-1081896 Toronto Fri, 15 Oct 2010 01:49:05 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/07/15/first-spiral-notebook/#comment-1081896 Jari: I thought the ancient Babylonians used comb binding (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Comb_bind_examples.JPG). Jari: I thought the ancient Babylonians used comb binding (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F.....amples.JPG).

]]> By: Jari http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/07/15/first-spiral-notebook/comment-page-1/#comment-1081886 Jari Thu, 14 Oct 2010 15:40:23 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/07/15/first-spiral-notebook/#comment-1081886 Jaylen: For spiral binding, see #10. For legal pads, possibly Thomas W Holley, http://www.legalaffairs.org/issues/May-June-2005/scene_snider_mayjun05.msp But then again ancient Babylonians used moist clay tablets and triangular stylus a couple of thousand years ago to record crops, merchandise, transactions etc. Jaylen: For spiral binding, see #10. For legal pads, possibly Thomas W Holley, http://www.legalaffairs.org/is.....yjun05.msp But then again ancient Babylonians used moist clay tablets and triangular stylus a couple of thousand years ago to record crops, merchandise, transactions etc.

]]> By: Don http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/07/15/first-spiral-notebook/comment-page-1/#comment-1081885 Don Thu, 14 Oct 2010 12:01:41 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/07/15/first-spiral-notebook/#comment-1081885 Not a notebook; it's a MEMORANDUM BOOK! Not a notebook; it’s a MEMORANDUM BOOK!

]]> By: Jaylen http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/07/15/first-spiral-notebook/comment-page-1/#comment-1081877 Jaylen Wed, 13 Oct 2010 23:18:58 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/07/15/first-spiral-notebook/#comment-1081877 i have some questions..who even invented the notebook? it was quite smart of them. and when was it? and what did people use before the notebook was created.? i have some questions..who even invented the notebook? it was quite smart of them. and when was it? and what did people use before the notebook was created.?

]]> By: It's Mii http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/07/15/first-spiral-notebook/comment-page-1/#comment-1075174 It's Mii Thu, 28 Jan 2010 18:46:16 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/07/15/first-spiral-notebook/#comment-1075174 Woah, I need more info because me and my friend are doing a science project!!! JK JK JK im kidding Woah, I need more info because me and my friend are doing a science project!!! JK JK JK im kidding

]]> By: Firebrand38 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/07/15/first-spiral-notebook/comment-page-1/#comment-1072225 Firebrand38 Sat, 31 Oct 2009 13:51:29 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/07/15/first-spiral-notebook/#comment-1072225 Dorwin Sayer: Nonsense and other comments. I'd like to see the source for that assertion. Try Walter Grumbacher of New York: http://www.google.com/patents/about?id=KVkBAAAAEBAJ&dq=grumbacher http://www.google.com/patents/about?id=_IcBAAAAEBAJ&dq=grumbacher http://www.google.com/patents/about?id=a_kBAAAAEBAJ&dq=grumbacher http://www.google.com/patents/about?id=a04_AAAAEBAJ&dq=grumbacher Dorwin Sayer: Nonsense and other comments. I’d like to see the source for that assertion.

Try Walter Grumbacher of New York:

http://www.google.com/patents/.....grumbacher
http://www.google.com/patents/.....grumbacher
http://www.google.com/patents/.....grumbacher
http://www.google.com/patents/.....grumbacher

]]> By: Dorwin Sayer http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/07/15/first-spiral-notebook/comment-page-1/#comment-1072224 Dorwin Sayer Sat, 31 Oct 2009 08:16:12 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/07/15/first-spiral-notebook/#comment-1072224 Was invented by a man by the last name of Dubois in the state of New York near Poughkeepsie. Was invented by a man by the last name of Dubois in the state of New York near Poughkeepsie.

]]> By: newsBreaks.net » First spiral notebooks, article from 1934 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/07/15/first-spiral-notebook/comment-page-1/#comment-5596 newsBreaks.net » First spiral notebooks, article from 1934 Fri, 04 Aug 2006 05:51:57 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/07/15/first-spiral-notebook/#comment-5596 [...] Link [...] [...] Link [...]

]]> By: jcpilman http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/07/15/first-spiral-notebook/comment-page-1/#comment-3223 jcpilman Mon, 17 Jul 2006 12:33:33 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/07/15/first-spiral-notebook/#comment-3223 It's really a helix. It’s really a helix.

]]> By: I like your style » Blog Archive » Sympatrucs 20060716 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/07/15/first-spiral-notebook/comment-page-1/#comment-3163 I like your style » Blog Archive » Sympatrucs 20060716 Sun, 16 Jul 2006 08:17:06 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/07/15/first-spiral-notebook/#comment-3163 [...] Modern Mechanix » First Spiral Notebook 1934, apparition du carnet à spirales. 1946, naissance de William Sheller (tags: fétichisme) [...] [...] Modern Mechanix » First Spiral Notebook 1934, apparition du carnet à spirales. 1946, naissance de William Sheller (tags: fétichisme) [...]

]]> By: strangeknight http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/07/15/first-spiral-notebook/comment-page-1/#comment-3159 strangeknight Sun, 16 Jul 2006 07:21:55 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/07/15/first-spiral-notebook/#comment-3159 Actually, I don't like spiral notebooks. The binding keeps snagging on the other stuff in my bag and once the coils get bent, the pages don't turn smoothly. Give me stitched and glued notebooks anyday. Actually, I don’t like spiral notebooks. The binding keeps snagging on the other stuff in my bag and once the coils get bent, the pages don’t turn smoothly. Give me stitched and glued notebooks anyday.

]]> By: Stannous http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/07/15/first-spiral-notebook/comment-page-1/#comment-3145 Stannous Sun, 16 Jul 2006 03:26:33 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/07/15/first-spiral-notebook/#comment-3145 This is probably just a flash in the pan, never catch on. 3-ring binders were good enough for our ancestors and they're good enough for us! This is probably just a flash in the pan, never catch on. 3-ring binders were good enough for our ancestors and they’re good enough for us!

]]> By: the cubbycave » Blog Archive » interesting articles for your reading list http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/07/15/first-spiral-notebook/comment-page-1/#comment-3134 the cubbycave » Blog Archive » interesting articles for your reading list Sat, 15 Jul 2006 22:41:02 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/07/15/first-spiral-notebook/#comment-3134 [...] Here’s a 1934 Popular Science article on the first spiral bound notebook over at Modern Mechanix. [...] [...] Here’s a 1934 Popular Science article on the first spiral bound notebook over at Modern Mechanix. [...]

]]> By: ZS http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/07/15/first-spiral-notebook/comment-page-1/#comment-3129 ZS Sat, 15 Jul 2006 20:01:21 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/07/15/first-spiral-notebook/#comment-3129 Wow, spiral-bound notebooks are one of those things that I'd imagined had just "always" been around ... a world without 'em must have been a dark and sad place indeed what with all them flyaway notes. What a neat article to see; long live the spiral-bound! Wow, spiral-bound notebooks are one of those things that I’d imagined had just “always” been around … a world without ‘em must have been a dark and sad place indeed what with all them flyaway notes. What a neat article to see; long live the spiral-bound!

]]> By: Boing Boing http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/07/15/first-spiral-notebook/comment-page-1/#comment-3119 Boing Boing Sat, 15 Jul 2006 17:51:30 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/07/15/first-spiral-notebook/#comment-3119 <strong>First spiral notebooks, article from 1934...</strong> From the October, 1934 edition of Popular Science, this brief news article on the first spiral bound notebooks: Coil springs form flexible bindings for a new type of memorandum books. One edge of the covers and pages of the book are perforated with mor... First spiral notebooks, article from 1934…

From the October, 1934 edition of Popular Science, this brief news article on the first spiral bound notebooks: Coil springs form flexible bindings for a new type of memorandum books. One edge of the covers and pages of the book are perforated with mor…

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