Dishwasher
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A dishwasher is a machine that is used to clean dishware, cookware, and cutlery automatically. Unlike manual dishwashing, which relies on physical scrubbing to remove soiling, the mechanical dishwashe
A dishwasher containing clean dishes
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North American counter-top dishwasher
An open dishwasher
Josephine Cochrane
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Josephine Cochran was an American inventor who invented and manufactured the first successful hand-powered dishwasher.
Dishwasher
…household chores easier was perceived by some to reduce their value. The most successful of the hand-powered dishwashers was invented in 1886 by Josephine Cochrane together with mechanic George Butters in Cochrane's tool shed in Shelbyville, Illinois when Cochrane (a wealthy socialite) wanted to protect her china…
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