A meter is equal to 100 centimeters. 1 meter = 100 centimeters. The length of this guitar is about 1 meter. Meters can be used to measure the length of a house, or the size of a playground.
Marcel Grateau invented the first Hair Straightener to straighten hair in 1872.
  Nathaniel Briggs of New Hampshire received the first United States issued patent for a washing machine in 1797. There is very little known of this machine because a fire destroyed the records of it.   In 1799 a Frenchman by the name of Pochon invented the first hand cranked dryer.  In 1843 John E. Turnbull of Saint John, New Brunswick patented the first wringer washer. He called it the Clothes Washer with Wringer Rollsâ.   In 1851 James King patented the first washing machine that used a drum. Nathaniel Briggs of New Hampshire received the first United States issued patent for a washing machine in 1797. There is very little known of this machine because a fire destroyed the records of it.   In 1799 a Frenchman by the name of Pochon invented the first hand cranked dryer.