so it would be an easier way to wash clothing. DUHHHHH.
October 26, 1858
Hamilton E. Smith of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania patented one of the first mechanical washing machines in 1858. There was a crank on the machine that turned the paddle inside which then pushed laundry through the water.
He didn't. The first to invent it was William Blackstone in 1874. Alva Fisher invented the first electricity-powered washing machine in 1908.
Hamilton E. Smith was an inventor of the washing machine. He invented it in 1858 in Philidelphia, Pensilvania.
Hamilton Smith was the first to create the rotating washing machine in 1858
Hamilton E Smith was born on May 2, 1837. He received the first patent for a mechanical washing machine in 1858.
Washing machine - Hamilton Smith (US) Refrigerator-Ferdinand Carre (France)
Hamilton Lanphere Smith was born in 1819.
Hamilton Smith - cricketer - was born in 1884.
Hamilton Smith - cricketer - died in 1955.
Julia Hamilton Smith has written: 'Interview with Julia Hamilton Smith' -- subject(s): African American women, Biography
James King invent the washing Machine at 1851.