Hook and Eye

a well known fastening for garments. The hook and eye of two pieces was known in the fourteenth century. Hook and eye machines have been invented. Wires are fed through a machine; pieces are cut off and are bent into shape complete at the rate of 200 a minute. The finishing and sewing to cardboard is done also by machinery. After the wire has once been fed, it is not necessary to touch the material with the fingers. Hooks and eyes are sent to market either stitched on cards or in small pasteboard boxes. The factories of the United States alone turn out hooks and eyes to the annual value of half a million dollars at wholesale. See Pins; Buttons