Great Victorian Inventions
Novel Contrivances and Industrial Revolutions
Seiten
2014
Amberley Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-4456-3617-7 (ISBN)
Amberley Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-4456-3617-7 (ISBN)
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.
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.
Caroline Rochford runs a genealogy company with her historian husband. She has contributed several historical articles in the local press, and runs a blog covering historical and genealogical topics. She lives in Wakefield.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 15.7.2014 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | 100 Illustrations |
| Verlagsort | Chalford |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 124 x 198 mm |
| Gewicht | 274 g |
| Themenwelt | Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918) |
| Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Technikgeschichte | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-4456-3617-4 / 1445636174 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-4456-3617-7 / 9781445636177 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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