Vending Machines Blog

History of Vending Machines

It is widely accepted that the vending machine was first developed way back in the 1^st century AD, by a Greek mathematician known as: Hero, or Hero of Alexandria (and later Heron/Heron of…). This vending machine was created to distribute holy water from temples in Egypt. It is believed the mechanics of this vending machine involved a valve which opened and released holy water when a lever was activated by a coin.

However, this particular vending machine engineer was somewhat before his time. Subsequent records of vending machine manufacture appear to be non-existent until the early 18^th century, when English colonies (and also later that century, British-American colonies) used simple coin-activated ‘honour boxes’ to sell tobacco and snuff (snuff: n. inhaled or ‘smokeless’ tobacco); though this first use of modern vending machines seems debatable.

Alternative sources credit an English publisher and bookshop owner named Richard Carlisle with the first commercial vending machine (which – unsurprisingly – was used to vend books); whereas it is also documented that coin-operated vending machines to dispense postcards were introduced into London, England around the same time (during the early 1880s).

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Fly Killers – Your Ideal Pest Control Unit

We have just updated our website with a new feature, the fly killer product wizard.

Flying insects are not only an irritant – whether at home or the workplace – they are unhygienic and a potential hazard if working around sensitive products such as food or packaging.

Intelligent Vending Ltd offers some of the finest quality fly killers/pest control units currently available on the market.

To help you figure out which one is most suited to your needs, we have created a fly killer wizard, which should point you in the right direction after answering a handful of easy questions.

Our prices for fly killers are some of the best around so it’s always worth getting in contact for a quote. Additionally, if you can provide us with evidence of a cheaper price elsewhere, we will do our best to beat it!

For more information please email us or call us on: +44 (0) 1629 825555

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Tags: Fly Killers, flying insect control, pest control