Spangler Makes First Electric Vacuum Cleaner
At a glance:
- Series: Great Events: 1900-2001
- Categories: Technology, Inventions
- Subcategories: Inventors, Engineering, Engineers
- Curriculum: American History 1901-1950
- Geographical Location: Ohio
- Date: 1908
Article abstract: The first portable domestic vacuum cleaner successfully adapted to electricity, James Murray Spangler’s machine was an important element in the electrification of domestic appliances in the early twentieth century.
From Brooms to Bissells
During most of the nineteenth century, the floors of homes were cleaned primarily with brooms. Carpets were periodically dragged out of the home by the boys and men of the family, stretched over rope lines or fences, and given a thorough beating to remove dust and dirt. In the second half of the...
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