Belly Button Piercing

The writer of the following article would love to read the journals made by Captain James Cook. During the 18th Century, James Cook explored parts of the world that had not yet been put on the world map. He journeyed to Antarctica. He also traveled to the islands of the South Pacific. There he saw women who were wearing belly rings. Of course, those rings were much different from the modern day belly rings. Those people of the South Pacific did not have the technology that we have today. Thus, those women of the South Pacific did not have titanium belly rings.

When Captain James Cook first saw belly rings in the naval region of women who were living in the South Pacific, he did not see any colored rings. The native inhabitants on those islands of the South Pacific had no way to dye their metal rings. The natives simply enjoyed the natural shine coming from the ring metals.

Until the 19th Century, the world used the same metals for making ring jewelry. Jewelry makers used silver, gold and bronze. Then in the 19th Century, ring makers began to produce steel rings. During the 20th Century, a different type of metal ring appeared. It was the titanium ring.

What gave jewelers the ability to create titanium belly rings? It was the creation of light but strong metal, metal named titanium. Rocket makers loved titanium, because it allowed them to make rockets that felt a weaker gravitational pull. Rockets that felt a weaker gravitational pull could lift-off with a lower amount of thrust. They needed less fuel.

While rocket makers rejoiced at their ability to design lighter rockets, jewelry makers made a surprising discovery. They found that they could make oxidized titanium, and then they could dye that anodized metal. In other words, jewelers learned how to add color to titanium belly rings.

If the rocket makers of the 20th Century had not looked for an easier way to lift a metal object off of the ground, scientists might never have discovered how to make titanium. Then if the rocket makers had not worked with the metal makers, looking for a way to paint the titanium, jewelers would never have been able to dye their metal rings.

In other words the women who today enjoy the ability to obtain and wear colored belly rings owe that opportunity to a group of rocket makers. Did those rocket makers suspect that the anodized titanium metal would be popular with jewelers? Did the rocket makers foresee the posting on the Internet of pictures containing belly rings, colorful titanium rings?

There is no proof that the rocket makers gave any thought to the manner by which their newly created metal, titanium, might lead to changes in the world of piercing jewelry. Still, there is an interesting twist to this story.

The rocket makers decided to name their rockets. Rocket makers realized that the astronauts in the rockets would be modern-day explorers. Rocket makers in the United States gave to one large rocket the name “Challenger.”

That same name, the name “Challenger,” was the name of one of the ships captained by James Cook. James Cook, as mentioned at the start of this article, journeyed to the South Pacific, where he saw women who were wearing belly rings.

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