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+ | ==== 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:// | ||
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+ | ==== 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:// | ||
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+ | ==== 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:// | ||
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+ | ==== 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:// | ||
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+ | ==== Mangle | ||
+ | A mangle is actually an iron too, only in XXL format. [([[https:// | ||
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- | Extreme ironing is a type of extreme sport in which individuals carry clothes and ironing boards to remote or unsafe sites to iron. [([[https:// |