Memolink Trivia--4/29

[Eilonwy]

What 20th-century decade saw folks first wield electric hand-held hair dryers?

1920s
1930s
1940s
1950s


I'm going with the 1920s. Here's why:

http://homepage.dtn.ntl.com/paul.linnell/electricity/hairdryers.html

"The electric hair dryer was a brand new electrical gadget designed for both salon and home use. Developed during the early-1920s in Germany, it combined the technology of the electric heater (current-resisting nichrome wire on a mica or asbestos board), with a compact version of the universal electric motor used in the vacuum cleaner."

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Use this answer at your own risk....

 

[Beanie]

Thanks, Sue!

 

[dizneenut]

Thanks!