Before the development of the electrical toaster, bread used to be toasted by being placed in a metal frame and placed over the fire. The first electrical toaster was invented in 1893 by Alan MacMasters in Scotland. One of the issues, the electrical toaster faced was to find a suitable heating material, that could turn red hot with out melting or causing a fire hazard. This problem was solved in 1905 when Albert Marsh designed a nickel-chromium alloy capable of withstanding the harsh heating conditions.References:
Wikipedia. Toaster. Retrieved from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toaster#cite_note-1
Marsh. 1905. Electric Resistance Element. Patent. Retrieved from: http://www.google.com/patents/US811859
Brodrost. LSH. Image retrieved from: http://emuseumplus.lsh.se/eMuseumPlus?service=ExternalInterface&module=literature&objectId=86976
OMG! This is so cool!
ReplyDeleteI never thought about looking up the history of toasters ._.
I find it so cute that those metallic frames were the actual "old toasters", more like the real mvp lol.
Hahahaha! Yes I guess you can say "toaster journey" has been a long and successful one!
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