1910-1920

 ​1910-1920 Cortney Armstrong #1 Meghan McBrady #24 Category:Home Appliances

Invention: Pop Up Toaster Inventor: Charles P. Strite Charles P. Strite was a master mechanic. During World War I in Stillwater, Minnesota he became tired of eating burnt toast from his companies cafeteria. He wanted to make the toaster so the person making the toast wouldn have to watch it and guess when it would be done. He put springs and a timer in the the toaster so it would tell the person when the toast was done. He then applied for a patent on May 29, 1919 for his pop up toaster. He wanted the toaster to be sold to restaurants. He received the patent on October 18, 1921. That same year he formed the Waters Genter Company to manufacture his toasters and sell them to resturants. He sold them to the Childs Resturant Chain. By 1926 his toaster was avaliable to the public and was a big success. __Information from__: []

Invention: First in-home refrigerator Inventor: General Electric/ Kelvinator General Electric had one of the earliest refrigerators in 1911. It was manufctured in Chicago in 1913 and was the first non ice box designed for home use. Frigidair invented the Guardian Frigerator, a self contained machine developed by Alfred Mellowes in 1915. General Electric then bought it in 1918 and changed the name to Frigidaire. The same year Kelvinator marketed its own at home refrigerator. __Information from__: []

Invention: Waffle Iron Inventor: General Electric In 1911, General Electric produced its first electric waffle iron who got help from Thomas J. Steckbeck. Steckbeck is the one who designed the first heating devices that used a built in thermostat to stop overheating. Over heating was a biig problem with earlier toasters. With Steckbecks design and General Electric money for funding, the first electric waffle iron was being manufactured in July 26, 1911. __Information from__: []

__**Questions:**__ What was happening in the computer industry and their years. 1. In 1911 James Powers invented a punch card system which was sold by Remington Rand. 2. Brunsviga sold twenty thousand calculators based on the variable-toothed gear technology. Information from: []

The year your invention was invented. 1. pop up toaster invented in 1919 2. Refrigerator invented in 1911 3. Waffle iron was invented in 1911

Include and describe three major American Historical events and their years 1.In 1912 The first Oreo Cookie introduced by Nabisco. It looks similar to the ones made today except for the design was different. 2. On April 14, 1912 the Titanic struck an iceberg the collision was fatal and it submerged into the icy water. Out of 2,200 passangers on the Titanic 705 survied. 3.US enters World War I on April 6, 1917 the U.S joined the allies Britain, France, and Russia of the disagreements and territories among others.

Three Major global events 1. On August 21, 1911 The Mona Lisa painted by Da Vinci was stolen right off the wall of the Lourve. The police had no leads as to who took it. It later turned up in Italy two years later. 2.In 1917 The Romanovs were moved because of the rising revolution in Russia. In 1918 Russian Czar Nicholas II and his family were killed. 3. In 1915 the Germans use Poision Gas as a weapon. The first killing gas used was Chlorine. They began developing methodsof using it against enemy trenches.