enow.com Web Search

Search results

1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network

2. Mangle (machine) - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mangle_(machine)

   A 1923 electric Miele washing machine with a built-in mangle. The Oxford English Dictionary dates the first use of the word mangle in English from 1598, quoting John Florio who, in his 1598 dictionary, A World of Words, described "a kind of press to press buckram, fustian, or dyed linen cloth, to make it have a luster or gloss".

3. Miele - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miele

   Miele (/ ˈ m iː l ə / MEE-lə; German:) is a German manufacturer of high-end domestic appliances and commercial equipment, headquartered in Gütersloh, Ostwestfalen-Lippe. The company was founded in 1899 by Carl Miele and Reinhard Zinkann , and has always been a family-owned and family-run company. [ 2 ]

4. Sarah Boone - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Boone

   The patent drawing for the ironing board invented by Sarah Boone. Sarah Marshall was born in Craven County, North Carolina, near the town of New Bern, in 1832. [6] Along with her three siblings, she was born into slavery and barred from formal education. [7] [8] Sarah was educated by her grandfather at home. [8]

5. News, Politics, Sports, Mail & Latest Headlines - AOL.com

   firefox-startpage.aol.com

   Discover the latest breaking news in the U.S. and around the world — politics, weather, entertainment, lifestyle, finance, sports and much more.

6. Washing machine - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washing_machine

   A 1923 electric Miele washing machine with a built-in mangle for drying. Margaret Colvin improved the Triumph Rotary Washer, [12] which was exhibited in the Women's Pavilion at the Centennial International Exhibition of 1876 in Philadelphia. [13] At the same exhibition, the Shakers won a gold medal for their machine. [7]

7. Ironing - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ironing

   Ironing a shirt. Ironing is the use of an iron, usually heated, to remove wrinkles and unwanted creases from fabric. [1] The heating is commonly done to a temperature of 180–220 °C (360–430 °F), depending on the fabric. [2] Ironing works by loosening the bonds between the long-chain polymer molecules in the fibres of the material. While ...