147TH BIRTHDAY OF VACUUM CLEANER INVENTOR HUBERT CELEBRATED
147TH BIRTHDAY OF VACUUM CLEANER INVENTOR HUBERT CELEBRATED
147th birthday of British engineer Hubert Cecil Booth was celebrated on Jul'04,to honour revolutionary inventor of vacuum cleaner & Ferris wheel.The animated Google Doodle shows a man using a modern vacuum cleaner, cleaning a carpet with 'Google' written on it. It depicts a horse pulling a cart with thick pipes coming out of it.This is actually how 1st vacuum cleaners looked when Booth invented them. Before this version, cleaning machines just blew or brushed dirt away instead of sucking it up into machine.He saw a 'pneumatic carpet renovator' blowing dirt out of railway cars,he experimented.Laying handkerchief on restaurant chair,he put his mouth on table cloth & sucked air through it.His 1st design named 'Puffing Billy'.
147th birthday of British engineer Hubert Cecil Booth was celebrated on Jul'04,2018, to honour revolutionary inventor of the vacuum cleaner and Ferris wheel (among others). The animated Google Doodle shows a man using a modern vacuum cleaner and cleaning a carpet with 'Google' written on it.
It depicts a horse pulling a cart with thick pipes coming out of it. This is actually how the first vacuum cleaners looked when Booth invented them. Before this version, cleaning machines just blew or brushed the dirt away instead of sucking it up into the machine.
His first petrol-powered, horse-drawn vacuum cleaner was too heavy and bulky to be brought into the building but it was built on the same principles of modern ones we see today.
When he saw a demonstration of the 'pneumatic carpet renovator' blowing dirt out of railway cars, he tried an experiment. Laying his handkerchief on a restaurant chair, he put his mouth on the table cloth and sucked air through it. The results were inspiring he worked on his first design—nicknamed 'Puffing Billy'.That was powered by a big engine, being pulled by horses which were parked outside the house to be cleaned.
Booth was born on Jul'4,1871. He did many major inventions including those of the Ferris wheels, suspension bridges and factories. He became Chairman and Managing Director of the British Vacuum Cleaner and Engineering Company.
Booth also designed engines for Royal Navy battleships, and had projects in England, France, and Austria. He died on Jan'14,1955, but 'Puffing Billy' made him to be remembered even after his death. Ref. : https://www.firstpost.com/tech/news-analysis/google-doodle-celebrates-147th-birthday-of-vacuum-cleaner-inventor-hubert-booth-4660491.html --- Dated: Jul'04,2018.
