Great Victorian Inventions : Novel Contrivances and Industrial Revolutions
Book Details
Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
1445636174
ISBN-13
9781445636177
Publisher
Amberley Publishing
Imprint
Amberley Publishing
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Jul 15th, 2014
Print length
288 Pages
Weight
270 grams
Dimensions
13.00 x 19.70 x 2.10 cms
Product Classification:
Inventions & inventors
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Discover the use of whispering machines, horseshoe swords and over 200 other remarkable Victorian inventions.
Who invented the flying machine? Was the Titanic really the first ‘unsinkable’ ship? How would one use a phonoscope?Using old Victorian documents, Caroline Rochford takes the reader on a guided tour of hundreds of fascinating nineteenth-century inventions from across the globe, some strange and some remarkably familiar.Think solar power is a modern concept? Think again! Today everyone has a camera, but imagine the excitement of taking a snap of a giraffe hotel! This is a surprising journey, taking the reader on a trip from the clouds to the bottom of the ocean, with stops everywhere in between. Discover the use of whispering machines, crime-fighting streetlamps and over 200 other remarkable Victorian inventions.
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