“We owe the invention of the washing machine to Jacob Christian Schäffer (1767),” according to Speed Queen Investor. “30 years later, an American, Nathaniel Briggs, obtained the first patent for a washing machine. 210 years further on, the electric washing machine was invented.”I remember Grandma Leonard washing clothes in a galvanized tub with a washboard long ago before Grandpa was able to get her a top-loading Maytag. He walked over, told me his truck wouldn’t start, and asked me if I had any jumper cables. I saw there were two pairs of jumper cables in his hand.

Source: Los Angeles Times January 01, 2024 14:34 UTC