Barbed wire, also known as barb wire, occasionally corrupted as bobbed wire or bob wire, is a type of steel fencing wire constructed with sharp edges or points arranged at intervals along the strands. It is used to construct inexpensive fences and is used atop walls surrounding secured property. It is also a major feature of the fortifications in trench warfare (as a wire obstacle).
Related
Lawn mower
invented by Edwin Budding
A lawn mower (also known as a mower, grass cutter or lawnmower) is a machine…
Color photography
invented by James Clerk Maxwell
Color photography is photography that uses media capable of capturing and…
Electrotyping
invented by Moritz Von Jacobi
Electrotyping (also galvanoplasty) is a chemical method for forming metal parts…
Wind Turbine
invented by James Blyth
A wind turbine is a device that converts the wind’s kinetic energy into…
Suggest an invention you think it should be here
About
Inventions that changed the world
Leave a Reply