Who Invented The Intended Uses When Barbed Wire Was Patented?
Who Invented The Intended Uses When Barbed Wire Was Patented? It wasn’t until 1874, when Illinois farmer Joseph Glidden emerged victorious from patent battle over a mechanically-produced fencing material that barbed wire could be made at scale. Glidden’s machine pulled two strands of wire tight around the barb, then wound the wires together around the