Believe it or not, the idea of owning dogs for the sole purpose of companionship is actually a new one.
Data show that no matter the economical downturn , people consistently crush out money on their pets .
While domesticated dogs these days can by and large count on their owner to take care of them for nothing but companionship in return , this variety of man - andiron relationship is in fact comparatively new . Dogs were once not familiar , but workers . Case in tip ? The examples below :
Dog-Powered Inventions: The Turnspit
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While many innovation only employed the purpose of a andiron ’s walk power , this invention really resulted in the creation of a very specific breed , one design solely for operating the motorcar . call a turnspit dog , the Britons of several hundred years ago breed these somewhat rodent - like brute to run on a rack that turned meat over an open flame , much like the modern - twenty-four hours rotisserie .
“ Turnspit click were viewed as kitchen utensil , as piece of machinery rather than as bounder , ” Jan Bondeson , author ofAmazing Dogs , a Cabinet of Canine Curiosities , said inan question with NPR . “ The roar of the attack . The clanking of the spit . The patter of the small dog ’s feet . The steering wheel were put up quite luxuriously on the wall , far from the fire in order for the dogs not to overheat and faint . ”
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Before the twenty-four hour period of turnspit dogs , humble kitchen servant — normally new boys — were tasked with rotating the meth by hand for hours on end .
The Sewing Machine
German inventor Heinrich Feldt designed and patentedThe Feldt Dog Enginein 1888 , and intended for it to offer seamstresses a routine of relief when it came to mending and stitchery habiliment .
Before the invention of the electric stitching auto , multitude operated stitchery needle by rotate a lever tumbler , which , depending on the size of it of the garment , could make for a intimidating chore . Thus Feldt — along with other inventors such as Paris ’ M. Richards — looked to dogs to put in the strong-arm force , and had them power the burgeoning machines .
