When was barb wire patented?

  • A. 1840
  • B. 1874
  • C. 1895
  • D. 1900

Correct Answer: B. 1874

Joseph F. Glidden was born in New York on Jan. 18, 1812. He invented barbed wire in 1873 and was granted the patent on Nov. 24, 1874. After a three year battle over the patent, which he eventually won, Gidden became known as the “Father of Barbed Wire”.

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