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Although traditional thinking tells us that man’s best friend has always been the dog, common thinking has been that in the last century man has quietly become infatuated with a new best friend—namely, that square thing in his living room.

But where did the television come from? Although these days, you would be hard pressed to find a house without at least one television set in it, it may surprise you to know that even up to the 1970s televisions were considered something of a luxury and not the necessity that they have become today.

Does it annoy you when you get a glass of “fresh” water from the tap and you smell and taste chlorine and minerals? Don’t you want your water to taste clear and fresh? From the beginning of recorded time, people have been searching for the purest drinking water.

The history of water filters, or actually water filtering, began much earlier than most of us would have thought. You may be surprised at how far back it goes, and at the similarity in methods used back then, compared to what we use today. Read on.

The history of replacement windows is a fairly recent one. The replacement window industry has just got into full swing in the last thirty years or so. But of course, before we can have replacement windows, we would have to have the first windows that needed replacing. So this history lesson is based on the creation and development of glass panes, and how they became an integral and necessary part of home construction.

Who invented the light bulb then? An easy enough question to answer you might think. After all, every American schoolboy (and girl) surely knows that the great American scientific genius and inventor, Thomas Alva Edison invented the light bulb in 1879. He of the near incredible 1300 inventions and patents. There’s a difference there; invention and patent.

If you’re a history buff, or even if you’re not, you may have wondered why this old saying comes up again and again throughout time: “Necessity is the mother of invention.” Well, here it is again. But if it’s repeated so many times, there must be some truth to it, wouldn’t you think? So when we’re looking at the history of garage doors, it’s only natural that it would follow the history of the car. Let’s see why.

This is the history of cable TV – a history that’ll probably spark many memories for baby boomers. For baby boomers are the TV generation. They grew up as TV grew. So we’d like to present a little flashback – both Canadian and American – to help you remember those days when TV was a luxury, not a necessity. Sit back, and remember. And for those of you who aren’t that old, sit back with your parents. Perhaps you’ll wonder why they’re smiling, or even laughing. Just ask them – they’ll tell you all about the history of cable TV.

The history of air filters begins, not surprisingly, with firefighters. Long renowned as one of the most dangerous jobs on the planet, early firefighters had it especially tough. Imagine going into a house to make a rescue with nothing but a wet cloth tied around your face! John and Charles Dean changed all that in 1823 when they patented their new smoke-protecting device. It allowed for firefighters to be protected from the acrid smoke and dangerous chemicals in the air when they fought fires. Later, that device was adapted for use by underwater divers.