like who and why and when and how and stuff like that
ice with cream on the top
There were hand churns (that people still use today.) There's a small canister for the ice cream to sit in and it goes into a larger canister where the ice and salt sit. A crank turns the ice cream canister inside the larger one and the salt and ice freeze the ice cream. We have one and it works great! Just takes a little elbow grease. Here's a link to see what a hand-churned ice cream maker looks like.
If you are counting even hand cranked machines, I don't think it was
