verb (used with object), refuted, refuting. 1. to prove to be false or erroneous, as an opinion or charge. 2. to prove (a person) to be in error. Origin of refute.
Josephine Cochran invented the first dishwasher and patented it in 1886, but dishwashers didn't become popular with the public until the 1950s.<br />...joel houghton invented the first dishwasher in 1850 during the industrial revolution. cochran made an improved dishwasher that didnt take so much effort to wash dishes.
Mrs. Josephine Cochran, Shelbyville, Illinois native. Josephine Garis Cochran, Inventor of the Automatic Dishwasher. Information from a Mattoon Journal Gazette article by Sue Smyser. On an ordinary day in the 1880s, a Shelbyville woman took a dirty bowl and plate and made history.