Right after electricity was invented in 1879 by Thomas Edison, life has seen a lot of many more inventions that relied on this major invention. Among those vast inventions, we have the home appliances that we use today. In the onset of the 20th century, a lot of home appliances were invented as a man began to modernize and make life easier. During this era, the great appliances we use today were brought to fruition in our homes. Let's have a look at these commonly used appliances and how people started using them. In November of 1906 to about April 1907, Cassier's Magazine is believed to have captured one of the earliest pictures of the earliest washing machine, with a woman sitting on it. The washer is believed to have been a product of the Nineteen Hundred Company. This washing machine was later linked to Alva J. Fisher as the inventor, although it was never clear if he was the true inventor of the device. This was back in 1916. It was until 1922 that Maytag Corporation came up and invented the washing machine with an agitator. Before all these discoveries were made, washing was done only by hands or with washboard in the rivers, lakes, or streams and would use ashes and plant extracts as soap. In Rome, people would use water collected from washing clothes by hand since they had learned the water collection technique known as aqueducts. Detergents such as Iye soaps, fuller's, and white clay started emerging during the middle age and were always used in washing in tubs.