Scissors

• Radical invention, incremental innovation.

Ancient Egypt
Invented in 1500 BC.
No known predecessors.
Design barely resembling modern
scissors.
Rome
• Egyptian design
adopted by Romans.
• In 100 AD developed
incrementally into a
form resembling our
own scissors.
 England
• 18th-century.
• Robert Hinchliffe.
• High-point in
incremental innovation.
• Modern steel scissors
that were put into mass
production.
Modern day and future
• Minor cosmetic
changes.
• No major innovation in
form, as the present can
fulfill all needed
functions.
• With new desired
functions and
technology, they may
be developed further.
Scissors from around the world
Developed also outside of the Classical world.
Chinese silver scissors from Tang Dynasty (618-907)