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  1. #1

    Re: Being Welsh - and proud

    Quote Originally Posted by Harry Monk View Post
    If you can find any reference to a sleeping bag prior to 1876 I'll concede.
    Native American have transported their children around in papooses for centuries.

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    Re: Being Welsh - and proud

    Quote Originally Posted by Taunton Blue Genie View Post
    Native American have transported their children around in papooses for centuries.
    Yet they didn't think of developing it for use by adults.

  3. #3

    Re: Being Welsh - and proud

    Quote Originally Posted by Harry Monk View Post
    Yet they didn't think of developing it for use by adults.
    I don't know if that's the case but the Welsh guy concerned hardly 'invented' the concept, as you stated.
    Native Americans didn't have Patent Office at the time

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    Re: Being Welsh - and proud

    Quote Originally Posted by Taunton Blue Genie View Post
    I don't know if that's the case but the Welsh guy concerned hardly 'invented' the concept, as you stated.
    Native Americans didn't have Patent Office at the time
    I'm fairly sure a Welshman from Newport invented the concept of patents and established the first Patent Office in his home town.

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    Re: Being Welsh - and proud

    John Frost (25 May 1784 – 27 July 1877) was a prominent leader of the British Chartist movement in the Newport Rising.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Frost_(Chartist)

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    Re: Being Welsh - and proud

    Quote Originally Posted by Harry Paget Flashman View Post
    I'm fairly sure a Welshman from Newport invented the concept of patents and established the first Patent Office in his home town.
    Nope regarding the concept of patents. That was around in Ancient Greece and 15th century Venice.

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