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The first washing machine was invented in 1760s and came as a wooden box which was filled with clothes and rotated by hand. Some sort of a hand washing with modern aspirations.
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This type of washer was first patented in the United States in 1846 and survived as late as 1927 in the Montgomery Ward catalogue.
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History Of Washing Machines
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In 1874, William Blackstone of Indiana built a birthday present for his wife. It was a machine which removed and washed away dirt from clothes. This was the first washing machine designed for convenient use in the home.
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The modern day washing machine we all know was invented in 1908 and its design has changed little over the past 100 years.
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The first detergents for the washing machines were invented only 8 years later, in 1916, while the first automatic washing machine was manufactured in 1937.
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By 1920, the coopered wooden tub was no longer being manufactured.
