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 Have
you imagined yourself cleaning house without the vacuum cleaner? It
could be a nightmare without it. It
is obvious that the appearance of vacuum cleaners
unburdened the workload of housewives. But
who made this great machine? It was British engineer Hubert Cecil
Booth (1871-1955).
Hubert Cecil Booth always wanted to be an inventor since he was little.
When he grew up, he worked as a civil engineer. One day,
he went to a machinery exhibition. He saw a machine that blows dust and puts the same into
a dust collector. It seemed
like a great idea, but it wasn’t well received by the people.
“When the machine blows the dust, the dust will be blown to other
places. What if it sucks the dust?” Booth thought. Soon, he started
to develop a machine that cleans the dust by suction instead of by blowing
it. And, it was successful!
 “This is
quite special! Does this machine really suck up the dust?” People
were surprised by his innovative invention. However, since it was
too big for domestic use, people hesitated
to purchase it. It was usually
used in the offices.
“I should make it smaller. I also have to reduce the noise the machine makes,”
thought Booth as he constantly tried hard to
make a machine that may be used for everyone.
Finally, in 1901, he succeeded in inventing today’s vacuum cleaner. Now, it is
an essential cleaning tool for
everyone. |
Staff
reporter Kayla Park
(suhihi00@timescore.co.kr)
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