Contrary to popular modern views, the first tubes were created long before man had a role in the process. I mean a really long time ago. Rush plants (any of various stiff marsh plants of the genus Juncus having pliant, hollow, or pithy stems) were and still are examples of strong, hollow structures that have served man throughout the ages. Moses is said to have floated on the Nile in a boat made of bulrushes and tar. The rush used then probably looked a lot like those shown in Figure 1. Many unnamed sources claim to have invented the tube. I say unnamed because, as an author, I cannot identify the culprits, I mean sources, of these unsubstantiated rumors! I hope this settles the argument of who invented the tube and applied the principles of its use to improve man's lot. Man didn't invent tube-he merely copied what he saw in nature.
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