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--- ironing [2021/02/04 04:30]
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-====== Extreme Ironing ======
+====== Ironing ======
+==== Extreme Ironing ====
+Extreme ironing is a type of extreme sport in which individuals carry clothes and ironing boards to remote or unsafe sites to iron. [([[https://the-peak.ca/2020/04/extreme-ironing-household-chores-gone-wild/|The Peak]])]
+==== The Chinese were the first to iron ====
+The Chinese were the first to iron. Already in the 8th century, they smoothed the fabrics with rounds of heated coals. [([[http://www.oldandinteresting.com/antique-irons-smoothers-mangles.aspx|Old and Interesting]])]
+==== The first iron ====
+The first iron was developed in the 18th century - it was a block of metal, smoothed on one side, with a handle. This metal was usually cast iron, hence the name. [([[http://www.madehow.com/Volume-6/Clothes-Iron.html|Made How]])]
+==== Henry Seeley ====
+The electric iron was invented in 1882 by Henry Seeley, he placed an electrically heated heating coil with a power of several hundred watts inside, powered by the home electric grid. [([[https://www.thoughtco.com/who-invented-the-iron-1991675|ThoughtCo]])]
+==== Mangle ====
+A mangle is actually an iron too, only in XXL format. [([[https://sewingiscool.com/ironrite-mangle-iron-model-85/|Sewing Is Cool]])]
+{{tag>business culture}}
-Extreme ironing is a type of extreme sport in which individuals carry clothes and ironing boards to remote or unsafe sites to iron. [([[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extreme_ironing|Wikipedia]])]

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