A washing machine is a machine that washes dirty clothes.

It contains a barrel into

which the clothes are placed. This barrel is filled with water, and then rotated very quickly to make the

water remove dirt from the clothes. Most washing machines are made so that detergent

(liquids or powders) can be put into the machine. These can help make the clothes cleaner. Washing

machine often use technology to control how the machine operates. Some of the possible control are

temperature of water, time of the wash cycle, number of wash cycles before completing. James king

Is presented the first washing machine to use a drum in 1851, the drum made king machine resemble

a modern machine, however it was still hand powered. In 1858, Hamilton Smith patented the rotary

washing machine. The Thor was the first electric-powered washing machine.