The Vacuum Cleaner
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| Audience/Grade: | College Freshman-Continuing Education |
| Discipline(s): |
Mechanical Engineering |
| Special Topic(s): |
History of Technology |
| Learning Resource Type: |
Reference - Article/Document |
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Unknown |
| Author(s): |
Curt Wohleber |
| Description: | Artilce from the Invention and Technology Magazine on the invention of the vacuum cleaner. James Murray Spangler obtained a patent in 1908. However, "Hubert Cecil Booth, an English structural engineer, has the strongest claim to building the first motorized vacuum cleaner for carpets. As he recalled decades later, in 1901 he attended "a demonstration of an American machine by its inventor" at the Empire Music Hall in London. The inventor is not named, but Booth's description of the machine conforms fairly closely to Thurman's design, as modified in later patents. As Booth recalled, "I asked the inventor why he did not suck out the dust for he seemed to be going round three sides of a house to get across the front." According to Booth, "the inventor became heated, remarked that sucking out dust was impossible and that it had been tried over and over again without success; then he walked away." Image caption: "1908 Model O Hoover's portable vacuum cleaner". |
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| Keywords: | John Thurman Vacuum Cleaner James Murray Spangler Hubert Cecil Booth |
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| Use of Resource: |
History of technology |
| Difficulty: |
Easy |
| Interactivity Level: |
Low |
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| Publication Date: | February 2008 |
| Platform/Format: |
WWW |
| Cost: |
Free |
| Download URL: | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vacuum_cleaner |
| Metadata: |
IEEE LOM Record |
| Collection: |
NEEDS
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