[SEL] happy birthday to Fred :-)

[derek]

Born 14 July 1857; died 26 Mar 1937.
In 1893 Frederick Louis Maytag contributed $600 with three other men to 
start a farm implement company. The company produced threshing machine, 
band-cutter and self-feeder attachments invented by one of the founders of 
the company. Operations were housed in a abandoned, 30' by 40' stove works 
in Newton, Iowa. The first Maytag washing machine was built in 1907 as a 
sideline to the farm equipment line. It was intended that this product would 
solve seasonal slumps in the farm equipment business and fill the need for a 
home washing machine.

 From today in science history website . http://www.todayinsci.com/