Benjamin Franklin has been credited with this invention.
2007-01-12 09:42:07
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answered by Chrispy 7
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It was accidentally invented by a french guy named Jacquie Jerkier whose mom was afflicted by polio in the 1600s. he was making a wheel chair for her, but did a poor job on the wheels. it broke in half when her mother hit a bump at 40 MPH after running away from paparazzi outside Paris. his grandson also tried to invent the 1st powered wheelchair and accidentally invented the electric chair. god bless his soul
2007-01-10 16:44:23
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answered by Jimboy T 1
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we all know that the rocking chair is a distinctly american passion, its origins, however, are less clear.
adding skates or rockers to the bottom of chairs probably evolved from the cradle and the rocking horse, which both
predate the rocking chair. apparently no one thought to apply the idea to furniture for adults until the eighteenth century.
the word 'rocker' originated in the 15th century and indicated the person responsible for rocking the cradle.
in the 18th century it also meant an orator who put others to sleep.
anyway, it was not until 1787 that the earliest dated citation ' ROCKING CHAIR' appeared in the oxford english
dictionary for usage.
2007-01-10 09:07:21
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answered by Basement Bob 6
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It was invented by the Shakers, a religious sect in New England.
2007-01-10 11:46:36
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answered by Anonymous
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It was a 20 million year old cave man that was a rotten carpenter. his name was
Borok lazyboy
2007-01-10 09:12:21
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answered by t-bone 5
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