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The Ingenious Victorians
John Wade
其他書名
Weird and Wonderful Ideas from the Age of Innovation
出版
Pen and Sword
, 2016-09-30
主題
Technology & Engineering / History
History / Europe / Great Britain / Victorian Era (1837-1901)
ISBN
1473849020
9781473849020
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=DXGrDAAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋
Discover some of the Victorian Era’s most outlandish inventions—from the world-changing to the simply weird—in this look at nineteenth-century innovation.
We all know that some of history’s greatest inventions came about in the Victorian age. But in
The Ingenious Victorians
, John Wade goes beyond those famous advances to explore some of the weird and wonderful ideas and projects that have largely been forgotten. He also offers a new perspective on some of the era’s well-known inventions by shedding light on how they emerged.
Discover the fascinating true stories behind the world’s largest glass structure; cameras disguised as bowler hats; the London Underground as a steam railway; safety coffins designed to prevent premature burial; unusual medical uses for electricity; the first traffic lights, which exploded a month after their erection in Westminster; and the birth and rapid rise to popularity of the cinema ... as well as many other ingenious inventions.