History of Inventions, a timeline from Pottery to Computers. The vacuum is important because it makes it easier for people to clean.
People have to clean for their children and their family.
Vacuum cleaners do not always work the best, but if you could make them better you could help make the world a cleaner place. That is why I am asking you to place this on your web site, so that people will know that things could always be better. Before the vacuum cleaner came along in 1901, people all over the world were chasing dirt from one corner of their house to the next, never able to really capture it all with a broom or a mop. Hubert Cecil Booth was born in Gloucester, England. At the age of 18 he had moved to London to study civil and mechanical engineering at the City and Guilds College.