Every obsolete device was once the latest technology. A clothes iron heated by charcoal might sound laughably old-fashioned today, but it was an improvement on the earlier sadirons. “Sad” was an old word for “heavy,” and sadirons got their name from the solid metal bases that had to be heated directly on a stove. Adding fuel, in the form of hot coals, directly to the iron made things a ...
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