Thursday, May 22, 2014

Cigarette

"Quite so," he answered, lighting a cigarette, and throwing himself down into an armchair. "You see, but you do not observe. The distinction is clear. For example, you have frequently seen the steps which lead up from the hall to this room." 
(Aventure I, A SCANDAL IN BOHEMIA pg. 4)


The first cigarette-making machine was developed in 1880 by James Albert Bonsack. The machine, which was able to produce 200 cigarettes per minute, vastly increased the productivity of cigarette companies, who went from making approximately 40,000 hand-rolled cigarettes daily to around 4 million.

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