WASHER

The first washing

machine was called
as the scrub board
and was invented in
the year 1797. By
James King

Modern Washer :

SHOES

This had to be done

manually by a "hand
laster"; a skilled one
could produce 50 pairs
in a ten-hour day. After
five years of work,
Matzeliger obtained a
patent for his invention
in 1883.

Modern Day Shoes :

WATCH

The first watch is

supposed to have
been invented early
in the in Germany, by
a locksmith named
Peter Henlein.

Modern Day Watch

TELEPHONE

Alexander Graham Bell

(1847-1922), the
Scottish-born American
scientist best known as
the inventor of the
telephone, worked at a
school for the deaf while
attempting to invent a
machine that would
transmit sound by
electricity.

Modern Day Telephone :

GLASSES

The century's most

important contributions to
eyeglasses were the
invention of side or temple
pieces that rest over the
ear (first advertised in
1728) and bifocals,
invented by Benjamin
Franklin, in 1784

Modern Day Glasses :

PIANO

Bartolomeo Cristofori di
Francesco was an Italian
maker of musical
instruments, generally
regarded as the
inventor of the piano.

Modern Day :

COMPUTER

Charles Babbage, an
English mechanical
engineer and
polymath, originated
the concept of a
programmable
computer

Modern Day :

Cotton Gin

Eli Whitney was

an American
inventor best
known for
inventing the
cotton gin

Modern Day

IRON

The electric iron was

invented in 1882 by
Henry W. Seeley, a New
York inventor Seeley
patented his "electric
flatiron" on June 6, 1882

Modern Day:

FLATIRONS

In 1912 a Scottish
heiress woman by the
name of Lady Jennifer
Bell Schofield invented
the first hinged flat iron
and changed history.

Modern Day :

REFRIGERATOR

William Cullen at the

University of Glasgow
demonstrated the
first artificial
refrigeration system
in the year 1748

Modern Day :

KEYBOARD

Christopher Latham Sholes

(February 14, 1819
February 17, 1890) was an
American inventor who
invented the first practical
typewriter and the QWERTY
keyboard still in use today.

Modern Day :

EARPHONES

Nathaniel Baldwin
was the inventor of
headphones and a
supporter of the early
Mormon
fundamentalist
movement.

Modern Day :

DRYER

The modern
clothes dryer was
invented by J.
Ross Moore

Modern Day :

CLOCK

Benjamin
Banneker.
Invented
America's First
Clock.

Modern Day :

CAMERA

The use of photographic

film was pioneered by
George Eastman, who
started manufacturing
paper film in 1885 before
switching to celluloid in
1889. His first camera,
which he called the
"Kodak," was first offered
for sale in 1888.

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