Correction Instruments - Liquid Paper, Correction Fluid, Tipp-Ex, Wite-Out, Correction Tape, Correction Paper (Paperback)


Chapters: Liquid Paper, Correction Fluid, Tipp-Ex, Wite-Out, Correction Tape, Correction Paper. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 26. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Liquid Paper is a brand of the Newell Rubbermaid company that sells correction fluid, correction pen and correction tape. Mainly used to correct typewriting in the past, correction products now mostly cover handwriting mistakes. Liquid Paper (a bottle of correction fluid), picture and eraser.In 1951, Bette Nesmith Graham (mother of Monkees member Michael Nesmith) invented the first correction fluid in her kitchen. Working as a typist, she used to make many mistakes and always strived for a way to correct them. Starting on a basis of tempera paint she mixed with a common kitchen blender. She called the outcome fluid Mistake Out and started to provide her coworkers with small green bottles on which the brand's name was displayed. By 1956, Bette Nesmith Graham founded the Mistake Out Company and continued working from her kitchen nights and weekends to produce small batches of correction bottles. Ironically, she was fired from her typist job after she made a mistake she did not manage to correct. She had typed in her company name instead of the bank's. After this stroke of bad luck, she decided to devote her time to her new company. The inventor offered the product to IBM, which declined the offer. She sold the product, from her house for 17 years, the name was changed to liquid paper shortly after. By 1968, the product was profitable, and in 1979 the Liquid Paper Corporation was sold to the Gillette Corporation for $47.5 million with royalties. In 2000, Liquid Paper was acquired by Newell Rubbermaid. In some regions of the world, Liquid Paper is now endorsed by Papermate, a widely known writing instruments brand. Liquid ...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=265794

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Chapters: Liquid Paper, Correction Fluid, Tipp-Ex, Wite-Out, Correction Tape, Correction Paper. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 26. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Liquid Paper is a brand of the Newell Rubbermaid company that sells correction fluid, correction pen and correction tape. Mainly used to correct typewriting in the past, correction products now mostly cover handwriting mistakes. Liquid Paper (a bottle of correction fluid), picture and eraser.In 1951, Bette Nesmith Graham (mother of Monkees member Michael Nesmith) invented the first correction fluid in her kitchen. Working as a typist, she used to make many mistakes and always strived for a way to correct them. Starting on a basis of tempera paint she mixed with a common kitchen blender. She called the outcome fluid Mistake Out and started to provide her coworkers with small green bottles on which the brand's name was displayed. By 1956, Bette Nesmith Graham founded the Mistake Out Company and continued working from her kitchen nights and weekends to produce small batches of correction bottles. Ironically, she was fired from her typist job after she made a mistake she did not manage to correct. She had typed in her company name instead of the bank's. After this stroke of bad luck, she decided to devote her time to her new company. The inventor offered the product to IBM, which declined the offer. She sold the product, from her house for 17 years, the name was changed to liquid paper shortly after. By 1968, the product was profitable, and in 1979 the Liquid Paper Corporation was sold to the Gillette Corporation for $47.5 million with royalties. In 2000, Liquid Paper was acquired by Newell Rubbermaid. In some regions of the world, Liquid Paper is now endorsed by Papermate, a widely known writing instruments brand. Liquid ...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=265794

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September 2010

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978-1-158-63569-6

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