fan-of-fans
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The vacuum cleaner history book I found quite intersting as well as the Waffle Iron History. They give a lot of info about when companies came about and closed.
http://https//books.google.com/book...ce=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false
http://https//books.google.com/book...ce=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false