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Last updated 6/3/2024

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Thispage is being used to collect information about the history of the use of, and the nomenclature of, bases and preliminary folds. Please contact me if you know any of this information is incorrect or if you have any other important information that should be added. Thank you.

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1965

Vol 5: Issue 2 of 'The Origamian' for Summer 1965 included an article by Fred Rohm, 'On Bases', which argues that the concept of bases is unnecessary but also contains some interesting information about the way the concept of bases evolved. Only the latter is reproduced here:

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Vol 5: Issue 4 of 'The Origamian' for Winter 1965 carried a follow-up article 'No Bases? For Shame?', also by Fred Rohm.

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1959

In an article in 'The Observer' of 20th December 1959, Robert Harbin refers to the Preliminary Fold as the 'Birdhold Base' and the Waterbomb Base as the 'Water Ball Base', showing that he and Samuel Randlett had not come to an agreement about standardised names at this date.

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