Hubert Cecil Booth celebrated with Google Doodle. Remembered on his 147th birthday
GOOGLE Doodles are famous for celebrating big world events, anniversaries and pioneers.
And today it's Hubert Cecil Booth's turn in the spotlight. Here's what you need to know about the English engineer.
Hubert Cecil Booth is an English engineer who invented one of the first versions of the vacuum cleaner
Why is Hubert Cecil Booth being celebrated?
Born in Gloucester in 1871, Hubert Cecil Booth was an engineer best known for inventing one of the first powered vacuum cleaners.
Before his version, cleaning machines just blew or brushed dirt away, instead of sucking it up.
His first petrol-powered, horse-drawn vacuum cleaner was too bulky to be brought into the building but it was built on the same principles of modern ones.
Booth also designed Ferris wheels, suspension bridges and factorie
GOOGLE Doodles are famous for celebrating big world events, anniversaries and pioneers.
And today it's Hubert Cecil Booth's turn in the spotlight. Here's what you need to know about the English engineer.
Hubert Cecil Booth is an English engineer who invented one of the first versions of the vacuum cleaner
Why is Hubert Cecil Booth being celebrated?
Born in Gloucester in 1871, Hubert Cecil Booth was an engineer best known for inventing one of the first powered vacuum cleaners.
Before his version, cleaning machines just blew or brushed dirt away, instead of sucking it up.
His first petrol-powered, horse-drawn vacuum cleaner was too bulky to be brought into the building but it was built on the same principles of modern ones.
Booth also designed Ferris wheels, suspension bridges and factorie
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