Punch,  47 (1864), 2.

Ingenuity Thrown Away

Anon

Genre:

News-Commentary, Drollery

Subjects:

Invention, Domestic Economy, War


    Announces news that 'a machine for washing dishes has lately been patented in America', although doubts the use of the instrument, given the rising cost of food caused by the American Civil War and the corresponding dwindling need for dishes.



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