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National Presto Industries is a company founded in 1905 in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. [2] Originally called "Northwestern Steel and Iron Works" the company changed its name to the "National Pressure Cooker Company" in 1929 and then National Presto Industries, Inc. 1953. [ 3 ]
It was originally (1921) the name of one of the world's first automatic electric pop-up toasters for home use, the Toastmaster Model 1-A-1. [1] Since then the Toastmaster brand has been used on a wide range of small kitchen appliances, such as coffeemakers , waffle irons , toasters , and blenders .
Presto, a 2008 short film by Pixar; Presto, Bolivia, a town in Bolivia; Presto, Pennsylvania, an unincorporated community in the United States; Presto!, an ATM network owned by Publix Super Markets; Presto, a pseudonym of Jonathan Swift; see Chelsea Bun House; Earl "Presto" Johnson, American magician; Alice S. Presto, American suffragist and ...
Presto Magix (pronounced Presto Magic) was a brand of Action Transfers activity sets popular during the 1970s and 1980s. The sets were published by the American Publishing Corporation of Watertown, Massachusetts. They were originally made by the Papermate Division of Gillette from 1975 to 1978.
Power pop musicians (1 C, 42 P) S. Power pop songs (16 C, 27 P) Pages in category "Power pop" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total.
Power pop (also typeset as powerpop) is a subgenre of rock music and form of pop rock [1] [2] based on the early music of bands such as the Who, the Beatles, the Beach Boys, and the Byrds. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] It typically incorporates melodic hooks , vocal harmonies, an energetic performance, and cheerful-sounding music underpinned by a sense of ...
The M6 Presto-Matic was a Chrysler Corporation semi-automatic transmission produced from 1946 to 1953. It was a special manual transmission with a fluid coupling . Although it had just two forward gears, an electric overdrive unit was attached and useful in either gear for a total of four forward speeds.
The Presto card (stylized as PRESTO) is a contactless smart card automated fare collection system used on participating public transit systems in the province of Ontario, Canada, specifically in Greater Toronto, Hamilton, and Ottawa. Presto card readers were implemented on a trial basis from 25 June 2007 to 30 September 2008.