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The history of the vacuum cleaner.
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In this essay I plan to look at the history of the vacuum cleaner "The beginning of the century saw the demise of the domestic servant, and many middle-class families were responsible for the first time for their own cleaning. This coincided with growing paranoia about the dangers of inhaling the germs in household dust- in 1907, one French doctor wrote:" Dry sweeping and dusting are homicidal practices". Soon, the hand-or-foot-operated bellaus vacumn cleaners that had been available since the 1890s became essential household items. These were rapidly replaced by electric powered suction cleaners, developed in 1908 by the American Murray Spangler and financed by William Hoover. For many years, Hoover has dominated the market. Only recently have traditional cleaners been challenged by new technology." In 1978, James Dyson first realised the problem with bag vacuum cleaners. While renovating his 300-year-old farmhouse, Dyson became frustrated with the poor performance of his...
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