In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.
contrivement (countable and uncountable, plural contrivements)
(obsolete) contrivance; invention; arrangement or plan
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Con*trive"ment, n.
Definition: Contrivance; invention; arrangement; design; plan. [Obs.] Consider the admirable contrivement and artifice of this great fabric. Glanvill. Active to meet their contrivements. Sir G. Buck.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
22 September 2024
(noun) a beginning from which an enterprise is launched; “he uses other people’s ideas as a springboard for his own”; “reality provides the jumping-off point for his illusions”; “the point of departure of international comparison cannot be an institution but must be the function it carries out”
In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.