Bizarre & Outlandish Gadgets & Doohickeys : Used in Everyday Life-1851 to 1951 Hardback
by Maurice Collins
Hardback
Description
Hundreds of 19th- and 20th-century curiosities and contraptions are catalogued in this amusing assembly of more than 1,000 images.
The days from the first Great Industrial Exhibition of 1851 to the post-WWII Festival of Britain saw rapid technological advancement throughout the United Kingdom and elsewhere, and countless numbers of products, from the ingenious to the idiotic, appeared on the market.
Twenty-two sections divided into time- and money-saving devices, kitchen utensils, gadgets for ladies and gentlemen, trains, bikes, autos, and many more, recall these bygone products.
Some, like the moustache spoon, clearly served a need amid polite Victorian society.
However, less scrupulous merchants also hawked gizmos like the nose shaper and the asthma-curing necklace.
Marvel at the multitude of devices humankind has conceived, some of which could be considered forerunners of modern-day conveniences like smartphones and computers.
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Out of stock
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:320 pages, 1,200 color and b/w images
- Publisher:Schiffer Publishing Ltd
- Publication Date:28/11/2016
- Category:
- ISBN:9780764351327
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Out of stock
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:320 pages, 1,200 color and b/w images
- Publisher:Schiffer Publishing Ltd
- Publication Date:28/11/2016
- Category:
- ISBN:9780764351327
