The Hair Dryer
Valerie Brasher
Speech 106
C.Hale
068811
March 11th 2015
Introduction
I. According to the webpage www.ideafinder.com accessed on March 9th, updated May 5th 2005, before the hair dryer also known as a blow dryer was invented women used a hose attachment on a vacuum cleaner to dry their hair.
II. My invention I have been researching to talk about is the hair dryer.
III. As a woman with long hair I use the hair dryer on a daily basis so I don’t have wait for my hair to air dry.
IV. Today I will talk about the invention of the hair dryer, its history, and the modern version of the hair dryer.
First, let’s look at the history of the hair dryer.
I. According to the article “Beauty Inventions: The Hair Dryer “accessed on March 9th, updated on May 29th 2013, The hair dryer was first invented in 1890
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Godefroy was a French stylist and patented the hair dryer for use in his own salon
B. His hairdryer did produce heat but it did not blow air.
C. It was powered by diesel fuel.
D. The hair dryer he made was a sit down dryer with a large metal hood, it closely resembles what is used in hair salons today.
II. In 1908 American Gabriel Kazanjian filed for a patent to improve the hair dryer.
A. Gabriel was able to obtain the first patent for the hand held hair dryer in 1911.
B. The hair dryer uses an electric fan to blow air across a heating coil; as the air passes through the dryer it heats up. When the warm air reaches wet hair it helps evaporate the water.
C. Gabriel’s hand held hair dryer only produced about 100 watts of heat and did not have enough power to dry hair quickly.
D. Also it weighed a little over 2lbs because of being made of heavy steal and zinc.
E. It had a high chance of electrocuting the individual using the hair dryer.
F. Hair dryers were the cause of hundreds of deaths by electrocutions up until changes were made in the 1970s and the 1990s,
Now that we have discussed the history of the hair dryer, let’s consider the modern hair
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