Developed in 19th-century England, the first mechanized clothes dryers were perforated barrels that rotated over flames. Today’s appliances are not so very different, at least in principle, with ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Dryer vent coming out of a brick exterior wall - Robbie Becklund/Shutterstock You pull your dryer away from the wall for the first ...