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el 1805 el danès Bertel Sanders inventà el botó de pressió
The date is wrong: documented press-stud/snap-fastener patents are from 1885, not 1805. Sources place the invention of the modern press-stud in the mid-1880s.
Full reasoning
The 1805 date is contradicted by patent and historical records.
- Google Patents shows U.S. Patent No. 321,940, a "Fastening for Gloves and Other Articles," published on July 14, 1885, and identifies Heribert Bauer as the inventor. The patent text explicitly describes a "spring button-fastener".
- A historical overview from daidalos likewise states that the press stud was patented on March 5, 1885.
So even if some secondary sources sometimes differ on who should get credit for the press-stud, the article's date is clearly off by about 80 years: the invention belongs to the 1880s, not 1805.
2 sources
- US321940A - Heribert batjeb - Google Patents
Publication date 1885-07-14 ... Patented July-14, 1885 ... The spring button-fastener is intended to facilitate the closing and opening of the flaps of gentlemen's trousers.
- The invention of the push button
It was invented over 130 years ago by Heribert Bauer from Pforzheim... his idea for a press stud, which he patented on March 5, 1885 at the Imperial Patent Office in Berlin.
la tradició marca que els botons se situïn en costats oposats segons que siguin per a home (a l'esquerra) o per a dona (a la dreta)
This reverses the usual convention. Traditional button placement is generally right for men's clothes and left for women's clothes, not the other way around.
Full reasoning
The sentence has the customary sides backwards.
Multiple reference sources on clothing history and construction state the opposite convention:
- The Smithsonian explains that women's clothing has buttons on the left side, while men's shirts have buttons on the right.
- NEMO Science Museum states the same rule plainly: buttons on men's clothes are usually on the right; on women's clothes, on the left.
So the article's parenthetical labels — men on the left / women on the right — are reversed.
2 sources
- Men's Shirts Button on the Right. Why Do Women's Button on the Left?
If you wear women's clothing, the buttons are on the left side of the shirt. However, if you wear men's shirts, the buttons line up on the right.
- Why are buttons on men's clothes on the opposite side to women's? - NEMO Science Museum
Buttons on men's clothes are usually on the right. On women's clothes, they're on the left.