Maryland Science Center - Today in Science History: In 1899, the motor-driven vacuum cleaner was patented as a "pneumatic carpet renovator" by John S. Thurman. | Facebook
Just A Car Guy: John Thurman invented a gasoline-powered vacuum cleaner in 1899 and some historians consider it the first motorized vacuum cleaner.
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