This mid-19th century advertising circular proposes a new idea for doing laundry. What it lacks in detailed description, it makes up for with powerful testimonials. Alexia MacClain Today the task of ...

The tools and gadgets in our kitchens have changed drastically over time, and some appliances that were once commonplace are now a vanishingly rare sight.

TOLEDO, Ohio (WTVG) - The bicycle is a 19th-century invention that helped change the world. You can see a lot of its history at a Northwest Ohio museum. New Bremen is a charming village in Auglaize ...

Discover how early 19th-century inventions like grain drills, elevators, mowing machines, and irrigation transformed American agriculture.

The 19th century was a time of prolific scientific, technological and mathematical advances. It was an era that gave birth to the light bulb, the telephone, the type writer and the telegraph, among ...

Early efforts -- Elements of a successful machine -- The "Sewing-Machine Combination" -- Less expensive machines -- Appendixes: Notes on the development and commercial use of the sewing machine -- ...