barbed wire

Summary

barbed wire ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (468 views/month).^[1]

Key Facts

• barbed wire is credited with the discovery of Joseph Glidden^[2].
• barbed wire is credited with the discovery of Lucien B. Smith^[3].
• barbed wire's image is recorded as Barbed Wire 1.JPG^[4].
• barbed wire's image is recorded as Barbed Wire Roll.jpg^[5].
• barbed wire's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh85011788^[6].
• barbed wire's subclass of is recorded as wire^[7].
• barbed wire's has use is recorded as wire obstacle^[8].
• barbed wire's Commons category is recorded as Barbed wire^[9].
• barbed wire's pronunciation audio is recorded as De-Stacheldraht.ogg^[10].
• barbed wire's BNCF Thesaurus ID is recorded as 47802^[11].
• barbed wire's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0blzr^[12].
• barbed wire's Art & Architecture Thesaurus ID is recorded as 300011064^[13].
• barbed wire's U.S. National Archives Identifier is recorded as 10665788^[14].
• barbed wire's OmegaWiki Defined Meaning is recorded as 923263^[15].
• barbed wire's Iconclass notation is recorded as 45G12123^[16].
• barbed wire's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)^[17].
• barbed wire's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition^[18].
• barbed wire's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as technology/barbed-wire^[19].
• barbed wire's BBC Things ID is recorded as 800785b8-5324-432e-84b9-300f5e1c8e80^[20].
• barbed wire's different from is recorded as Barb wire^[21].
• barbed wire's MCN code is recorded as 7313.00.00^[22].
• barbed wire's YSO ID is recorded as 12981^[23].
• barbed wire's has part is recorded as spike^[24].
• barbed wire's Encyclopædia Universalis ID is recorded as fil-de-fer-barbele^[25].
• barbed wire's Quora topic ID is recorded as Barbed-Wire^[26].

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Works and Contributions

Credited discoveries include Joseph Glidden^[2], an inventor^[27], 1813–1906^[28], of United States^[29], awarded the National Inventors Hall of Fame^[30], specialised in farmer^[31] and Lucien B. Smith^[3].

Why It Matters

barbed wire ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (468 views/month).^[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[32] It is known by 27 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[33]