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Appliances yesterday (12 photos)
1. This dishwasher companies "Charles Colston" worth 85 guineas. The first dishwasher was patented in 1886 Josephine Cochrane, but they were used only for enterprises because of the huge amount of water needed for its operation. Home dishwashers came into use in the 1970s.
2. The first electric hair dryer was invented in 1890, the French owner of a beauty salon Alexander Kodfoy. This aluminum dryer 1925 had two settings and wooden handle.
3. Radio «Regency TR-1" was the smallest wireless radio, which appeared on the market in 1955.
4. William Henry Hoover bought the patent for the vacuum cleaner in 1908. It was his first commercial version - "0 Model", which was used in the 1920s.
5. The first commercially successful toaster - D12, released by the company «General Electric» in 1909. British firm called «Crompton & Company» creates an electric toaster in 1893.
6. The handset «DynaTAC 800x» could offer 30 minutes of talk time or 8 hours off. He was released in 1983, it was worth 3995 dollars.
7. The microwave oven was invented in 1946. She was released in the US in the late 1940s, and in the UK - in 1959. This model of the late 1960s.
8. Electric washing machine appeared in 1906. The one in the photo is dated 1927. It was one of the first models with an electric mixer.
9. "Tin" television was invented for John Baird Nology in 1930, but has sold about 1,000 copies since it was cheaper to buy a TV "do it yourself". The first telecast took place in 1929.
10. Refrigerator "with monitor-top" in 1927 derives its name from the top of the compressor, which resembled a cylindrical Tower Assault «Monitor». It was the first refrigerator, made entirely of steel instead of wood.
11. experimented with an electric kettle in the 1890s gg., But the first kettle with submersible heater was manufactured by «Swan Company» in 1922. He could heat 2, 8 liters of water for 9 minutes.
12. Relatively futuristic 8-bit home computer «Commodore VIC-20" was released in 1980.
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