GK
INVENTIONS
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Edward VII
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George V
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Charles III
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -In 1902, Puffing Billy was commissioned for a very important job: cleaning out Westminster Abbey before and after the coronation of King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra in 1902.
Detailed explanation-2: -The first vacuum cleaner, the “Whirlwind, ‘’ was invented in Chicago in 1868 by Ives W. McGaffey. The Whirlwind was difficult to use because the operator had to manually turn a crank while pushing it across the floor.
Detailed explanation-3: -In 1860 a manual vacuum cleaner was invented by Daniel Hess of West Union, Iowa. Called a “carpet sweeper", It gathered dust with a rotating brush and had a bellows for generating suction. Another early model (1869) was the “Whirlwind", invented in Chicago in 1868 by Ives W. McGaffey.