Washing machine was invented in 1851 by J.T. King
Hamilton Smith was the first to create the rotating washing machine in 1858
The first British patent for a washing machine was issued in 1691. Not much is known about this machine or the creator. In Germany, Jacob Christian Schäffer published a design for a washing machine in 1767. In 1782 Henry Sidgier was issued a British patent for a rotating drum washer. Nathaniel Briggs of New Hampshire received the first United States issued patent for a washing machine in 1797. There is very little known of this machine because a fire destroyed the records of it. In 1799 a Frenchman by the name of Pochon invented the first hand cranked dryer. In 1843 John E. Turnbull of Saint John, New Brunswick patented the first wringer washer. He called it the "Clothes Washer with Wringer Rolls”. In 1851 James King patented the first washing machine that used a drum. In 1871 Margaret Plunkett Coleman introduced her patented Triumph machine at the Philadelphia Centennial. In 1892 George T. Sampson received a patent on an automatic dryer. It was nothing more than a modified rack that held wet clothing near a heat source. It used heat from the stove to dry clothes in an attached barrel. Near 1900 Louis Goldenberg a Ford Motor Company worker from New Jersey invented the electric washing machine. Since he worked for Ford at the time they owned the patent. In 1915 the electric tumbler clothes dryer was introduced. It is not clear who exactly holds the patent to the first electric dryer. http://cleaning.lovetoknow.com/Who_Invented_the_Washing_Machine_and_Dryer
when they were invented
The first patent for a washing machine was granted to American inventor James King in 1851. However, the concept of washing clothes using various mechanical means dates back much earlier, with various designs and methods used by different cultures. The invention evolved significantly over the years, leading to the electric washing machines we use today.
It was in 1895 that he invented the X-ray machine!
The first washing machine was invented in the year 1851. It was the drum washing machine and it was invented by James King.
1846 was when the washing machine was invented
Elijah McCoy, a black inventor, did not invent the washing machine. The modern washing machine was invented by James King in 1851.
The washing machine was invented in 1797 as a scrub board and rotary washing machine was created in 1858.
Alva J. Fisher had invented the first electric washing machine
James King invented the first drum washing machine in 1846 the first electric washing machine was not made until 1908
Louis c rodier was born in 1833 his washing machine was patented in 1857 making him about 24 years old when he invented the washing machine.
The country that invented the washing machine was the United States of America. This was in 1797 by one James King.
The washing machine was invented in 1851, so by machine.
No. The washing machine was not invented in 1797. In 1797 Washington was still president and it was a short 20 years since the revolution . The washing machine wasn't invented until 1851 just before the civil war.
No he did not invent the washing machine because the washing machine was actually invented 26 years before he was born!
no, Alexander P. Kurk invented the washing machine in 1983