Launched in 1906, the Puffing Billy was an elaborate machine and the equivalent would cost #2000 to buy in the 1990s. This text follows the chain of false starts and ingenious ideas which have evolved around the modern-day vacuum cleaner.
- ISBN10 1854793659
- ISBN13 9781854793652
- Publish Date 9 October 1998
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 22 January 2005
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Michael O'Mara Books Ltd
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 180
- Language English