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  2. Hubert Cecil Booth - Wikipedia

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    Hubert Cecil Booth (4 July 1871 – 14 January 1955) [1] was an English engineer, best known for having invented one of the first powered vacuum cleaners. [2] [3] [4] [5]He also designed Ferris wheels, [1] [6] suspension bridges and factories. [1]

  3. The Quest for Power - Wikipedia

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    The Quest for Power is dedicated to Hubert Cecil Booth, inventor of the vacuum cleaner.The dedication reads: "In friendship's name to Hubert Cecil Booth, F.C.G.I., M. Inst. C.E. who by the invention and subsequent development of the vacuum cleaner has created a new industry, lightened the burden of human toil, and increased the health and happiness of innumberable homes".

  4. The Lost Evidence - Wikipedia

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    The Lost Evidence is a television program on the History Channel which uses three-dimensional landscapes, reconnaissance photos, eyewitness testimony and documents to reevaluate and recreate key battles of World War II.

  5. “Undiscovered History”: 120 Interesting Pictures From The Past

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    Image credits: undiscoveredh1story Nowadays, we consume tons of visual media. Videos, photos, cinema, and TV can help us learn new things every day. However, they can just as easily misinform us.

  6. Vacuum cleaner - Wikipedia

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    [10] [9] Booth also may have coined the word "vacuum cleaner". [10] Booth's horse-drawn combustion-engine-powered "Puffing Billy", [11] maybe derived from Thurman's blown-air design, [12] relied upon just suction with air pumped through a cloth filter and was offered as part of his cleaning services. Kenney's was a stationary 4,000 lb (1,800 kg ...

  7. Here's Why No One Has Ever Lasted The Full 10 Hours In ... - AOL

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    On October 12, Hulu dropped 'Monster Inside: America's Most Extreme Haunted House.' Read on for all there is to know about McKamey Manor's spooky past.

  8. List of English inventions and discoveries - Wikipedia

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    1901: First powered vacuum cleaner invented by Hubert Cecil Booth (1871–1955). [71] [72] [73] Before 1902: First practical Teasmade designed by clockmaker Albert E. Richardson (dates not known) of Ashton-under-Lyne. Before 1920: Folding carton invented by Charles Henry Foyle (died 1948).

  9. Man records and 'coaches' group rape of unconscious woman ...

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    Cecil Burrows, who reportedly coached the rape of an unconscious woman by multiple men received jail time -- but critics argue his crime deserved much more. Man records and 'coaches' group rape of ...