{"id":368,"date":"2019-05-24T19:04:22","date_gmt":"2019-05-24T19:04:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mher.khalatyan.com\/?p=368"},"modified":"2019-05-26T15:36:23","modified_gmt":"2019-05-26T15:36:23","slug":"washing-machine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mher.khalatyan.com\/?p=368","title":{"rendered":"Washing Machine"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today, it is difficult for most people in Europe and America to imagine life without a washing machine. But for thousands of years, people washed their clothes by hand. In many places, people still do their washing in the local river.<\/span><\/p>\n

The first washing machine was worked by hand. It was a watertight box with a handle. The clothes and water were put in the box, and the handle was turned to move the clothes. By the 1880s, such machines were made with a built-in gas jet to heat the water.<\/span><\/p>\n

But the first electric washing machine appeared in 1901. It was the brainchild of American Alva J. Fisher, and was like the hand-turned machines, except that the handle was replaced by an electric motor. This was a truly labour-saving design, but of course, it was only when mains electricity became common in homes that such machines were popular.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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