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Vending machines, or going by their technical term "automatic retailing machines" actually go back a long way. Supposedly, and I'm not really sure how you would verify this, the Greek mathematician Hero made the first vending machine in 215 BC when he invented a machine to vend holy water in Egyptian temples. That must have been quite a site.

The first commercial vending machines, however, popped up in London, England in the early 1880's. The first machine dispensed post cards. Then a gentleman by the name of Richard Carlisle, an English publisher and book store owner, invented a vending machine that sold books. The closest thing we have to that today are those machines on the street corners that you get the daily newspaper from. But I digress. In 1888 the Thomas Adams Gum Company gave the United States it's first vending machine. The machine was installed on the subway platforms of New York (where else)? and dispensed Tutti Frutti Gum. In 1897 the Pulver Manufacturing Company added animated figures to it's gum machines. Kind of like a toy surprise. This feature is still prevalent in gum machines even today, except most of the time you pretty much just get some cheap plastic decoder ring or a rubber space monster that smells pretty bad. The actual round gumball vending machines were first made in 1907.

As time went on you could get just about everything from vending machines including cigars, post cards, stamps, cigarettes, tampons, and the list goes on and on.

Probably the most famous vending machines, even to this day, are the Coca Cola vending machines. How many commercials on TV over the years have we seen that have featured these machines? Of course soda machines are no longer limited to just Coca Cola. Pepsi has also gotten into the act as well as just about every other major soft drink manufacturer.

Another big thing in vending machines today is food. Go to just about any public place such as an office building or an airport or train station. It's a known fact that people waiting for public transportation get very hungry after a while. In these machines you can now get salads, sandwiches, desserts, canned goods and just about anything that won't go bad if not refrigerated.

Vending machines are not limited to just public places. You can also get your own vending machines for your home. They're not the full blown business versions but they are working models that you can toss a few gumballs into. As a matter of fact this is a very big business in the United States as people just love showing off their replica Coca Cola machine.

There is no question that vending machines are convenient. They make it so that we can get just about anything, anytime, anywhere. It's hard to find anything bad about them. Except maybe those times when they take your money and give you nothing in return.

Oh yeah, we have commercials about that too.

A Brief History Of

These days, vacuum cleaners are a familiar tool in any household cleaning arsenal, but this has not always been the case. In days gone by, cleaning was a job performed by using more primitive tools, like the trusty sweeping brush or broom. And while these tools were undoubtedly of enormous value to the house cleaner who had little else to work with, we have come a long way since then, and, in some ways, have come full circle.

It was the Industrial Revolution that set the cleaning world alight. Before that time, the sweeping brush was king, and really, it was probably quite adequate. But though the presence of heavy dust and grime increased during the revolution, as the cities in which many people lived became covered in soot and other industrial by-products, the dirt that was created was really not sufficient reason for housewives to become the queens of cleanliness they did. Around this time, though, a huge propaganda campaign was born that alarmed people with its prophecies. Health and lives were in mortal danger if dirt was not tamed, and cleaning products of all sorts witnessed an enormous jump in sales.

It was against this backdrop that the first vacuum cleaner came into being. Invented in Chicago in 1865, this hand pumped device lead the way in vacuum cleaner development. Followed by a range of similar devices, the design became more and more intricate as the years progressed, with the cleaners growing ever more ornate and multifunctional, being used as sideboards, among other things. However, requiring two people to operate it, this type of machine was less than user friendly.

The democratization of electricity availability opened new door in vacuum cleaner development. Emerging just after the turn of the twentieth century, the electric vacuum cleaner, made by brands such as Hoover, made housework easier for millions. Using a fan motor and a pillowcase as a dust collector, a man named Spangler began a trend. Soon after, William H. Hoover came aboard, and the rest, as they say, is history.

Today we are eager to eliminate dirt from our lives as were our Industrial Revolution forefathers, and the choice of vacuum cleaners available today reflects this trend. And while housework can be a tiresome chore, it was this enthusiasm for cleanliness that brought the vacuum cleaner into our world, so that now, after a hundred years or so of technological development, we can rid our homes of dust and dirt in minutes.

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