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This meaning is derived from the early meaning of "toast", which from the 1400s to the 1600s meant warmed bread that was placed in a drink. [32] By the 1700s, there were references to the drink in which toast was dunked being used in a gesture that indicates respect: "Ay, Madam, it has been your Life's whole Pride of late to be the Common Toast ...
A toaster oven. Invented in 1910, [3] toaster ovens are small electric ovens that provide toasting capability plus a limited amount of baking and broiling capability. Similarly to a conventional oven, toast or other items are placed on a small wire rack, but toaster ovens can heat foods faster than regular ovens due to their small volume.
He described the first time he realized the prank was harmful was when he read a book about Victorian inventors and found Alan MacMasters listed as one of the inventors. [2] Alan later said in an interview that he still edits Wikipedia as an apology, but remains anonymous out of fear of being banned.
A key to the characters is given in William Davis's Second Journey round the Library of a Bibliomaniac (1825). [2] Original drawing (1735) for frontispiece to The Toast, by Hubert-François Gravelot. About April 1737 King wrote a witty political paper called Common Sense, in which he proposed a new scheme of government to the people of Corsica ...
William Post (June 27, 1927 – February 10, 2024) was an American businessman and inventor. Born to Dutch immigrants and raised in Michigan , Post became the plant manager for Hekman Biscuit company, a cookie company he worked for since he was sixteen years old.
Baker baking bread in an oven – miniature in a 13th-century psalter Peasants sharing bread, from the Livre du roi Modus et de la reine Ratio, France, 14th century (Bibliothèque nationale) In medieval Europe, bread served not only as a staple food but also as part of the table service.
Charles Perkins [1] Strite (February 27, 1878 – October 18, 1956) [2] was an American inventor known for inventing the pop-up toaster. He received U.S. patent #1,394,450 on October 18, 1921 for the pop-up bread toaster. [3]
Famine 1975! America's Decision: Who Will Survive? is a best-selling [1] 1967 book by William and Paul Paddock. The brothers describe the rapidly growing population of the world, and a situation in which they believe it would be impossible to feed the entire global population within the short-term future.