Invention of Electric Iron.

Ironing of clothes has been a practice over the centuries though mostly for royal families.
This job was done by washermen.
They used an iron device that worked with fuel in it.
The base of the iron device gets hot enough to iron out the wrinkles of the washed clothes.
With the invention of hydroelectric power in 1881 in England, the way for an electric iron was paved.
The very next year, Henry W. Seely of New York developed the electric iron, the first electrical home appliance.
It was powered by an electric arc.
When it was used, it produced a hissing and spluttering sound.
Later on, the electric iron was improved as wires came to be used with a plug at one of their ends.
This plug could be safely inserted in a socket.
Today, the electric iron is indispensable domestic appliance.