Roller skating evolved from ice skating. The earliest iron skates found in Scandinavian can be traced back to 200 AD. The bone skating artifacts discovered later should date back even further. I guess that ancient ice skating was probably more of a skill developed for hunting and survival.

Since ice skating has strong geographical and seasonal restrictions, people began to expect that this project could be carried out in non-freezing periods and in more areas. So combined with wheels, the project of roller skating came into being. The now documented inline skates appeared in London in 1760. In the early 17th century, skating on frozen riverbeds was a convenient way for the Dutch to travel. In warmer weather, they began using primitive roller skates, made from wooden spools attached to the floor. Some people say it was invented by Hans Brinker, or Brinkner. However, this information cannot be verified today. In other words, there are documents recording that roller skates have a history of 300 years. (In fact, it is slightly longer than the founding of the United States)

The earliest known inventor of roller skates is named John. Joseph Maureen John. Maureen Joseph was born on September 17, 1735, in Hawes, Belgium. As a young man, he worked in Paris making museum-quality clocks, watches, musical instruments and other delicate mechanical devices. He was a musician, a mechanical genius, and an inventor. In 1760, 25-year-old Morin moved to London and opened a "Morin's Mechanical Museum". In the same year, he invented the earliest known roller skates, which had small in-line metal wheels. To promote his invention and his museum, Maureen attended a masquerade ball for the Carlyle family in London, wearing his new roller skates. He floated into the ballroom wearing roller skates and playing the violin. Although he was a good inventor, he was not a good roller skater. Unable to control her speed, Maureen crashed into an expensive wall mirror. Not only was he seriously injured, but he also made the public think that roller skating is a dangerous sport, setting back the development of roller skating by at least 30 years.

It is worth noting that Morin did not apply for a patent for his invention. For the next century, the design of roller skates continued to follow Morin's design ideas.

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