GK
INVENTIONS
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Question
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Who invented the first mobile vacuum cleaner?
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Ives Mchulley
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Huber Cecil Boott
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Thomas Edison
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Graham Bell
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -In 1901, Hubert Cecil Booth invented the first successful vacuum cleaner. His first machine, ‘Puffing Billy’, had a 5 hp piston pump driven by a petrol/gasoline engine or electric motor.
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: -John S. Thurman invented his gasoline powered vacuum cleaner, in 1899 and some historians consider it the first motorized vacuum cleaner.
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