What is the lazy Susan?
Lazy Susan is a supplement to a table that is designed to help move food from one person to another while eating. This is achieved by means of a turntable, which usually moves the food in a circular pattern when it is pushed by those at the table. In this way, the food may never be picked up and passed around the table. Instead, it remains in place.
This device can also be part of the kitchen cabinet. In this sense, Susan is lazy of the type of shelf unit inside the cabinet, which is able to rotate on its axis. One can turn the shelf to find certain goods, usually foods such as canned goods that are in storage. From the outside, it seems to be two cabinets that are located at right angles together. However, when one of these cabinets is pushed, both doors move and the turntable is revealed inside.
Whether the lazy Susan is found on the table or inside the wardrobe, it canbe made of different materials. It is most often made of plastic, wood or glass. It is believed that Thomas Jefferson invented the lazy Susan in the 18th century, although they were at that time referred to as dumbwaiters . It is said that Jefferson invented it because his daughter complained that she had always been delivered last at the table, and as a result she never found herself full when she left the table. Others believe that Thomas Edison was an inventor because it is assumed that he invented a turntable for his phonograph.
Regardless of who invented it, only in 1917 was the term Susan created vanity fair in the invention advertising. Instead, the term dumbwaiter is still used in Britain. The justification of the name The name of the female name remains a mystery. One theory is that it was named after Jefferson or Edison Daughter, who were named Susan.