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carpet-sweeper

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carpet-sweeper
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(Engineering / Tools) a household device with a revolving brush for sweeping carpets
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1876: The first carpet-sweeper was patented by Melville Bissell of Grand Rapids in Michigan.
ON THIS DAY IN .. by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
1876 - The first carpet-sweeper was patented by Melville Bissell of Grand Rapids in Michigan1945 - Wartime traitor William Joyce - Lord Haw-Haw - was sentenced to be hanged after his trial at the Old Bailey1975 - The first episode of Fawlty Towers was broadcast by the BBC.
Letter: Stop the Clock September 19 by Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England)
1876 American inventor Melville Bissell patented the first carpet-sweeper.
ON THIS DAY.. by Sunday Mercury (Birmingham, England)
 
 
 
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