INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Hubert Cecil Booth got the inspiration to invent vacuum cleaner from another inventionNew Delhi: Google Doodle has honoured English
engineer Hubert Cecil Booth, the inventor of vacuum cleaner, on his 147th birthday
The animated doodle remembered the inventor for his inventions - vacuum cleaner and ferris wheel
Hubert Cecil Booth was born in Gloucester, England in 1871
After getting his education at Gloucester College and Gloucester Country School, he entered the Central Technical College in London after
clearing the entrance examination. Mr Booth completed a three-year course in civil engineering and mechanical engineering.He joined
Maudslay Sons Field, Lambeth, London as a civil engineer
He designed bridges and engines for battleships
He also designed large ferris wheels for amusement parks in London, Paris and Vienna.Mr Booth is credited with inventing the first powered
Before his invention, the cleaners would blow the dirt away
But Mr Booth's cleaner sucked the dirt, which proved a more efficient way of cleaning.Hubert Cecil Booth got the inspiration to invent the
vacuum cleaner after watching a demonstration of an American device."After seeing a demonstration of the "pneumatic carpet renovator"
blowing dirt out of railway cars, Booth tried an experiment
Laying his handkerchief on a restaurant chair, he put his mouth on the table cloth and sucked air through it
Inspired by the results he set to work on his first design-nicknamed "Puffing Billy"-which was powered by an engine so big it had to be
pulled around by horses and parked outside the house to be cleaned," a Google release read.He died on January 14, 1955 in Croydon, England.
