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thorstaffie | 22:32 Sat 21st Feb 2009 | Science
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Who first invented the rivet?
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Solid rivets have been in use since at least the bronze age (thanks wiki) so the inventor is probably unknown.

22:37 Sat 21st Feb 2009
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Since rivets any blacksmith would recognize have been found in Bronze Age metal materials (5,000 years ago) it would be impossible to determine...
22:45 Sat 21st Feb 2009
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Sorry, Muppit, you weren't there when I started... anyway, nice we agree...
22:46 Sat 21st Feb 2009
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As far as I can find out it was an Ancient Egyptian.

No name is available. sorry not to be more helpful but they have clearly been used for millennia.
22:49 Sat 21st Feb 2009
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Thanks everyone. I was hoping for a Scottish 19th century engineer to come up. I should have been more specific.
08:57 Sun 22nd Feb 2009
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Google up James Nasmyth...
23:33 Sun 22nd Feb 2009
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riveting stuff guys

only seen rosie rivet during ww 11 lol
23:36 Sun 22nd Feb 2009
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