U.S. Census Bureau Daily Feature for August 15: Seating Arrangements

WASHINGTON, Aug. 15, 2016 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Following is the daily "Profile America" feature from the U.S. Census Bureau:

SEATING ARRANGEMENTS

Profile America — Monday, August 15th. Chairs have a history going back to the ancient Egyptian Pharaohs, or even earlier in antiquity. But a couple of variants that no one was anxious to try out debuted this month in the 19th century. In 1890, the electric chair was used for the first time in Auburn, New York, to carry out a death sentence. Scarcely more alluring, a special dental chair was patented on this date in 1848 by Waldo Hanchett. His innovation was a wooden recliner with an extending headrest, and a tray-like footrest, so patients could open wide in somewhat greater comfort. Most furniture isn't so specialized, and America's 15,500 manufacturers of household furniture and related products ship over $69 billion worth of goods annually. You can find current data on the country's economy by downloading the 'America's Economy' mobile application at www.census.gov/mobile.

Sources:
Kane's Famous First Facts, 2799, 4859
Hanchett's dental chair/accessed 6/3/2016: https://www.pinterest.com/pin/429179039459167658/ 
Furniture manufacturers/NAICS 337: http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/BP/2014/00A1//naics~337 
Furniture manufacturing revenues/NAICS 337: http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ASM/2014/31AS101//naics~337

Profile America is produced by the Center for New Media and Promotion of the U.S. Census Bureau. Statistics and accounts drawn from cited non-Census sources are employed for illustrative or narrative purposes, and are not attested to by the U.S. Census Bureau. These daily features are available as produced segments, ready to air, on the Internet at http://www.census.gov (look for "Audio" in the "Library" pull-down menu). 

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SOURCE U.S. Census Bureau

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