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Category Archives: Inventions
The Invention That Blew Women Away And Shocked A Nation, Or Two!
The first electric hair dryer was invented in 1888 by French hairstylist Alexandre Godefoy, who then filed the first patent in 1890. Godefoy’s version produced only heat, did not blow air as depicted in the image above and was an extremely large floor-model not suitable for … Continue reading
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Tagged 1920s, Alexandre Godefoy, braids, buns, coif, coiffeur, curls, electocution, fire, hair blower, hair dryer, inventions, soft bonnet, style, toaster, vacuum cleaner, waves
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Creative Inventions for the Smoker
The desirability of protecting cigars both within doors and out of doors is apparent. Within doors the smoking of unprotected cigars results frequently in spilling the cigar ashes upon carpets and furniture and in burning the carpets and furniture when … Continue reading
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