In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.
E`qui*pon"di*ous, a. Etym: [L. aequipondium an equal weight; aequus equal + pondus weight.]
Definition: Of equal weight on both sides; balanced. [Obs.] Glanvill.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
3 July 2025
(noun) the faculty through which the external world is apprehended; “in the dark he had to depend on touch and on his senses of smell and hearing”
In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.