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Handcuffs: Top 5 facts about shackles
The modern design of police handcuffs was patented on February 20, 1912 and the date has been celebrated annually, by Americans at least, as Handcuffs Day.
The earliest use of the world as a means of restraint was in an English parliamentary paper of 1649
1. The word “handcuff” was first seen in English in 1591 for a decorative band at the end of sleeves.
2. The earliest use as a means of restraint was in an English parliamentary paper of 1649 referring to a man being “manacled with hand-cuffes of iron”.
3. Roman poet Virgil, writing in the first century BC, referred to sea god Proteus having his wrists bound to prevent him from shape-shifting.
4. The earliest metal handcuffs date back to the Bronze and Iron Ages but were actually a one-size-fits-all design supposed to fit all wrists.
5. George Carney’s 1912 invention was a self-locking, adjustable ratchet handcuff which could be clipped on by a policeman using only one hand.
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