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...Electric Kettle 1940, by Fred Moffatt for Canadian GE; 1855, popularized by Russell Hobbes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: One Hundred Great Things | 12/7/1998 | See Source »

...Automatic Electric Clothes Washer 1947, by GE...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: One Hundred Great Things | 12/7/1998 | See Source »

...Garbage Disposer 1935, called the Disposal, by GE...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: One Hundred Great Things | 12/7/1998 | See Source »

REFRIGERATOR With the introduction of small electric motors and nontoxic Freon in the 1930s, refrigerators migrated from industry to home, replacing iceboxes and gaspowered refrigerators. In 1927 GE established an electric-refrigeration department, and in 1931 Sears sold its first affordable refrigerator...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: One Hundred Great Things | 12/7/1998 | See Source »

...Fluorescent Lighting 1938, made commercially by GE...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: One Hundred Great Things | 12/7/1998 | See Source »

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