In which century did the cardboard box first appear?

philsgirl

http://www.encyclopediathefreedictionary.com/cardboard says 1817 so unless I miss my guess, the 19th century. Sep 19 04, 7:58 PM

gmackematix

The first commercial cardboard box was produced in England in 1817. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardboard Sep 19 04, 11:21 PM

SOTHC

http://www.farusa.dk/en/arkiv2.shtml gives info on the corrugated variety. The first patent registration of corrugated cardboard was made in England in 1856 by Edward Healy and Edward Allen. At that time corrugated cardboard was used for hatbands . In 1874 Oliver Long took out a patent for single well corrugated cardboard and one year later, in 1875, Henri Norris began the production of twin wall. The first patent in the USA was taken out in 1889 and the very first cardboard box was manufactured in the USA in 1895. [Sep 21 04 1:38 AM] SOTHC writes: http://www.indiana.edu/~e162rb/waste.html has it as early as 1785. Sep 21 04, 12:33 AM