As we can imagine, ever since mankind started constructing closed huts, the problem of dusting arrived too.

During the olden days dust was swept up and out of the huts with the branches plucked from shrubs. It was only later that flexible sticks and twigs were found and tied up together to form an implement called a broom. The name broom takes its origin from Europe, where the twigs of broom trees were initially used to make brooms. During the 15^th century the Romans started using hogs bristles glued with pitch into blocks of wood for sweeping. Later feather dusters were introduced by the Romans. Until the 18^th century moss was the natural substance used for dusting and cleaning in Britain. In 1859 the first American brush factory was established in New York, to manufacture floor cleaning brushes.

By:  Singham  Ananya.

Age : 8-10years

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