In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.
Touch"-box`, n.
Definition: A box containing lighted tinder, formerly carried by soldiers who used matchlocks, to kindle the match.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
27 April 2024
(adjective) remarkable or out of the ordinary in degree or magnitude or effect; “a great crisis”; “had a great stake in the outcome”
In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.