Definitions for put the cart before the horse. This page provides all possible meanings and translations of the word put the cart before the horse. Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: To put things in the wrong order or with the wrong priorities; to put something inconsequential as more important than something more essential.
Dialysis takes the place of kidney function by cleaning a person's blood. The first successful dialysis machine, or âartificial kidney,â was invented in 1945 by Willem Johan Kolff, then a doctoral student at the University of Groningen in Holland. Today, about 450,000 Americans are on dialysis, according to the National Kidney Foundation.
The year 1893: The world's first hemstitch sewing machine. In 1893, Karl Friedrich Gegauf invents the hemstitch sewing machine. This machine can sew 100 stitches per minute. It was the world's first machine of this type, and also caused a major sensation abroad. The mechanical production of hemstitching was subsequently known simply as gegaufing.