The first electric toothbrush, the Broxodent, was invented in Switzerland in 1954. As of the turn of the 21st century, nylon had come to be widely used for the bristles, and the handles were usually molded from thermoplastic materials.he bristle toothbrush spread to Europe, brought back from China to Europe by travellers. It was adopted in Europe during the 17th century. The earliest identified use of the word toothbrush in English was in the autobiography of Anthony Wood, who wrote in 1690 that he had bought a toothbrush from J. Barret.
All of these charge an entry fee, but a ticket to the Acropolis, which currently costs a meagre 12 Euros (2014), also gives free access to six other must see archaeological sites in Athens. Read on for more details and information about buying these tickets.f you want to visit one or more of the associated sites, and are not visiting the Acropolis, there are individual entry tickets for these six sites, all but the Ancient Agora cost 2â¬ â the agora is 4â¬.
If you stand by the flag and look to your left you will see Mount Lycabettos rising from the neighborhood of Kolonaki, with the Hilton and the Athens Tower at Ambelokipi in the distance. The large green area is the National gardens. The Acropolis is a great place to get your bearings in Athens.You can see as far as Kifissia on a clear day. B efore I forget to mention it, from the other side of the Acropolis, looking from the Propylea towards the sea, you can see Pireos Street which connects Athens to the port.This street follows one of the ancient long walls while the Athens metro tracks follow the other.ou can see as far as Kifissia on a clear day. B efore I forget to mention it, from the other side of the Acropolis, looking from the Propylea towards the sea, you can see Pireos Street which connects Athens to the port. This street follows one of the ancient long walls while the Athens metro tracks follow the other.