This book describes the fascinating people who made this possible, as well as the economic, cultural and technological contexts of their times.

This book delves into the early days of electrical appliance development when many novel and little known appliances were made.

Discusses the history and technical development of the vacuum cleaner, from the first carpet sweepers of the nineteenth century to twentieth-century improvements.

Elliot Willensky, born in Brooklyn and now official Borough Historian, takes us back to a sweeter time when a trip on the new BMT subway was a delightful adventure, when summer days were a picnic on the sand and evenings were Nathan's ...

... Electrolux vacuum-cleaner conquers the world. An advertisement for the Electrolux 'silent' Model XII (1929–), ca. 1930. The Electrolux Archives. Figure 6.14 The Alfa Colibri hand separator. From Svenska industriella. Industry—dynamics ...

By far the most authoritative book ever written on the history of British Columbia's logging industry, Working in the Woods combines meticulous research and colourful oral accounts with a breathtaking array of rarely seen historical ...

... Electrolux vacuum cleaner 220 , 220 Guild and School of Handicraft 93 , 115 , 126 guilds 20-4 , 182 Guimard , Hector 85 Métro station entrance 85-6 , 85 Hald , Edward 201 Girls Playing Ball , glass vase 201 , 202 Haley , Reuben : Ruba ...

... cleaners, and wet-dry shop vacuum systems. Electrolux, one of the enduring names in floor care products, got its start in Sweden in 1919 when Lux merged with Elektromekaniska. Already the marketer of the Lux kerosene lamp, the Lux ...