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Old-Fashioned High-Tech: Bizarre & Eccentric Inventions 1851 - 1951

Contributor(s): Browning, Guy (Author)

ISBN: 9781784421014

Publisher: Shire Publications

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Pub Date: September 22, 2015

Lexile Code: 0000

Target Age Group: NA to NA

Physical Info: 0.00" H x 0.00" L x 0.00" W ( 1.25 lbs) 112 pages

Series: Shire General

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Description: Watches that doubled as satnavs. Machines to massage the eyeballs of a tired businessman. An early food processor. Spectacles that included electric lights. A cigarette holder - for two cigarettes.
The Victorians and Edwardians were quixotic pioneers of steampunk ingenuity, and the Maurice Collins Collection is a repository of all the bizarre by-products of their inventiveness. Join Guy Browning on a tour through this trove of Heath Robinson-esque zany gadgetry as he brings his uniquely off-kilter perspective to one of the UK's most brilliant and bizarre collections.

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