Quiz: What Do You Know about the History of the Vacuum Cleaner?
Quiz: What Do You Know about the History of the Vacuum Cleaner?
More than 100 years ago, inventors first created machines that pull a vacuum to inhale dust and trap it for disposal. Test your knowledge of vacuum cleaner history in this ASME quiz.
Brooms work just fine for sweeping dust and dirt off hard surfaces, but for centuries, getting rugs and carpet clean required pulling them up and beating them. More than 100 years ago, inventors found a better way: Machines that pull a vacuum to inhale dust and trap it for disposal. Test your knowledge of vacuum cleaner history in this ASME quiz.
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