Cutlery mustard spoon and lettuce fork. Steel was always used for more utilitarian knives, and pewter was used for some cheaper items, especially spoons. From the nineteenth century, electroplated nickel silver (EPNS) was used as a cheaper substitute for sterling silver. In 1913, the British metallurgist Harry Brearley discovered stainless steel by chance and this metal has come to be the predominant one used in cutlery. An alternative is melchior, corrosion-resistant nickel and copper alloy, which can also sometimes contain manganese and nickel-iron. Plastic cutlery is made for disposable use, and is frequently used outdoors for camping, excursions, and barbecues for
Glenn Messer Glenn Messer Glenn Edmund Messer (July 12, 1895 – June 13, 1995) was an American aviation pioneer, responsible for major advances in the use and modification of existing aircraft and in the design and construction of aircraft and aircraft instruments. He was born in Henry County, Iowa on July 12, 1895. He began his flying career by taking lessons on a Wright biplane from aviator George Gustafson in Bay City, Michigan. Messer operated an Birmingham Municipal Airport in Birmingham, Alabama with Edward Stinson. He later operated Messer Field. In 1927 he started the Southern Aircraft Corporation which designed and built