Domestic Suction: The Noisy Invention of the Motorized Vacuum Dust, Engineering, and the Domestic Revolution of Household Hygiene in Victorian England, 1901
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Produktdetails
Einband
Taschenbuch
Altersempfehlung
1 - 99 Jahr(e)
Erscheinungsdatum
17.03.2026
Verlag
EpubliSeitenzahl
140
Maße (L/B/H)
29,7/21/0,9 cm
Gewicht
440 g
Auflage
1
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN
978-3-565-33315-8
Before the turn of the 20th century, cleaning a home involved aggressively beating carpets and sweeping floors, a process that merely relocated thick clouds of dust from the ground into the air. In 1901, an engineer named Hubert Cecil Booth observed a crude machine blowing air to clean train seats. He realized that the exact opposite—a massive, motorized suction engine—was the true solution to the ancient problem of dirt.
The creation of the first vacuum cleaner was a loud, chaotic, and revolutionary spectacle. Booth’s original machine, the "Puffing Billy," was so massive it had to be parked on the street while long hoses were snaked through the windows of wealthy estates. The disruptive noise frightened horses and angered neighbors, yet it fundamentally transformed our societal expectations of domestic sanitation.
This book explores the bizarre and fascinating engineering journey of the vacuum. It details the transition from massive petrol-powered street engines to the sleek, portable electric devices that liberated millions from the brutal physical labor of maintaining a home.
Discover the mechanical ingenuity behind your everyday appliances. Appreciate the profound societal impact of motorized cleaning, understand the engineering hurdles of early domestic technology, and never look at your household chores the same way again.
The creation of the first vacuum cleaner was a loud, chaotic, and revolutionary spectacle. Booth’s original machine, the "Puffing Billy," was so massive it had to be parked on the street while long hoses were snaked through the windows of wealthy estates. The disruptive noise frightened horses and angered neighbors, yet it fundamentally transformed our societal expectations of domestic sanitation.
This book explores the bizarre and fascinating engineering journey of the vacuum. It details the transition from massive petrol-powered street engines to the sleek, portable electric devices that liberated millions from the brutal physical labor of maintaining a home.
Discover the mechanical ingenuity behind your everyday appliances. Appreciate the profound societal impact of motorized cleaning, understand the engineering hurdles of early domestic technology, and never look at your household chores the same way again.
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