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Empire Music Hall
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When Hubert Cecil Booth visited the Empire Music Hall in London one afternoon in 1901, he wasn't on saving the world. A fairground ride engineer, he went to a demonstration of a railway carriage cleaning machine. It was a bag that blew air into the carpet, raising the dust, which it hoped to catch in a box. Booth went backstage and suggested to the inventor that the machine should not blow. The inventor, he later recalled, that this was impossible and then walked away.
the problem over in a restaurant, Booth laid his handkerchief on a plush chair, put his lips against it, breathed in - and on the dust. Then he went home and invented the vacuum cleaner. Not our push-along it was a roaring, red, horse-drawn machine. Booth sold several to royalty - a neat PR move - but preferred to hire them out for £13, the annual wages of a dirtywork servant. Guests at 'vacuum tea parties' watched the liveried male attendants feed hoses in through the windows and whisk away the dirt.
the problem over in a restaurant, Booth laid his handkerchief on a plush chair, put his lips against it, breathed in - and on the dust. Then he went home and invented the vacuum cleaner. Not our push-along it was a roaring, red, horse-drawn machine. Booth sold several to royalty - a neat PR move - but preferred to hire them out for £13, the annual wages of a dirtywork servant. Guests at 'vacuum tea parties' watched the liveried male attendants feed hoses in through the windows and whisk away the dirt.
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