Don’t have a spare vacuum?
The first vacuum cleaner was invented in 1901 in the UK by a man called Hubert Cecil Booth – although you would have a hard time recognising it as a vacuum!.Booth was an engineer who is probably best known for designing the Riesenrad Ferris wheel in Vienna.
He had seen a machine that attempted to clean by.air to stir up dust into a bag, which he realised was the wrong way to approach the problem.. At the time, the idea of sucking air through a filter to pick up dirt was considered to be impossible.But Booth soon succeeded in making the machine – even though it had little resemblance to the lightweight machines we know today.. Manual Vacuums.
Before electric vacuum cleaners, manual vacuums (or carpet sweepers) were available.These were first invented in 1860 in America, and relied on a brush and fan to stir up and collect dust..
Carpet sweepers.
are still around today, and are a cheaper alternative to vacuum cleaners.. What Did the First Vacuum Cleaner Look Like?.Nearly always less suction than a corded model.
Wet and Dry Vacuum Cleaners.is a great example of a wet and dry vacuum..
Wet and dry vacuums.can suck up both dry and liquid spills.
(Editor: Modern Mice)