[Ads-l] duck tape, antedated?

[dave@wilton.net]

This is a reference to non-adhesive cloth tape made from duck (a cotton material). But it does antedate the earliest I have by five years.
 
[ https://www.wordorigins.org/big-list-entries/duck-duck-tape-duct-tape ]( https://www.wordorigins.org/big-list-entries/duck-duck-tape-duct-tape ) 
 
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Subject: [ADS-L] duck tape, antedated?



A NYT obituary of Ed Smylie, who saved Apollo astronauts by proposing a contraption using duct tape, reminds me of the earlier (?) duck tape. Searching seemed inadequate for what I recall.
So, maybe, maybe not:

"...use a heavy duck tape..."

The Electrical world v. 24 (1894)
page 79 , col. 2




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