Household Appliances
- Ballbarrow – James Dyson
- Perambulator – William Kent designed a baby carriage in 1733
- Collapsible baby buggy – Owen Maclaren
- Domestic dishwasher – key modifications by William Howard Livens
- "Bagless" vacuum cleaner – James Dyson
- "Puffing Billy" – First powered vacuum cleaner – Hubert Cecil Booth
- Fire extinguisher – George William Manby
- Folding carton – Charles Henry Foyle
- Lawn mower – Edwin Beard Budding
- Rubber band – Stephen Perry
- Daniell cell – John Frederic Daniell
- First incandescent light bulb – Joseph Wilson Swan in 1878.
- Tin can – Peter Durand
- Light switch – Invented by John Holmes in 1884
- Corkscrew – Reverend Samuell Henshall
- Mouse trap – James Henry Atkinson
- Postage stamp – Rowland Hill
- Modern flushing toilet – John Harington
- The pay toilet – John Nevil Maskelyne, Maskelyne invented a lock for London toilets, which required a penny to operate, hence the euphemism "spend a penny".
- Electric toaster – Rookes Evelyn Bell Crompton
- Teasmade – Albert E. Richardson
- Magnifying glass – Roger Bacon
- Thermosiphon, which forms the basis of most modern central heating systems – Thomas Fowler
- Automatic electric kettle – Russell Hobbs
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Famous quotes containing the word household:
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—Crystal Eastman (1881–1928)