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The Washing Machine - Online Term Paper

The Washing Machine

Before washing machines were invented people removed dirt from their clothes by pounding them on rocks and washing them clean in the streams. Sand was used as a malleable cleaning stone for the clothes. Soap was eventually found at a place in Rome called Sapo Hill. People found ashes containing the fat of animals to have great cleaning powers.

The first washing "machine" was invented in 1797. Most people called it a scrub board because one would literally scrub the clothes clean. In 1874 William Blackstone decided to build a birthday present for his wife. It was a machine that removed and washed away dirt from clothes. It was made of a wooden tub in which there was a piece of wood with ...

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in the steam or gasoline engines in the early 1900s and in an electric motor first time in 1906. Maytag's first built a washer in 1907. A turning handle operated it. In 1922 Maytag introduced a system of forcing water through the clothes by using an agitator. This is the most common used now. As early as 1875 there had been more than 2,000 patents issued for various washing devices. One company built a machine designed to wash only one item at a time. What may have been the first "laundromat" was opened in 1851. They had a twelve machine shop that was run by ten donkeys. One washer even contained rollers that were pushed back and forth by hand to squeeze out ...

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Added: 2/16/2015 12:35:20 AM
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Category: Technology
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