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Hundredsof19th- and 20th-century curiositiesand contraptions are cataloguedin thisamusing assembly of more than 1,000 images.The daysfromthe first Great Industrial Exhibition of 1851 to the post-WWIIFestival of Britainsawrapid technological advancement throughout the United Kingdom and elsewhere, andcountless numbers of products, from the ingenious to the idiotic, appeared on the market. Twenty-two sections divided intotime- 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 needamidpolite Victorian society. However,less scrupulous merchants also hawkedgizmoslike the nose shaper andthe asthma-curing necklace.Marvel at the multitudeof devices humankind has conceived, some of which could be consideredforerunnersofmodern-dayconveniences like smartphones andcomputers.

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      Publisher Schiffer Publishing Ltd
      Published 28 November 2016
      ISBN-13 9780764351327
      978-0764351327
      ISBN-10 076435132X
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      Book Synopsis
      Hundredsof19th- and 20th-century curiositiesand contraptions are cataloguedin thisamusing assembly of more than 1,000 images.The daysfromthe first Great Industrial Exhibition of 1851 to the post-WWIIFestival of Britainsawrapid technological advancement throughout the United Kingdom and elsewhere, andcountless numbers of products, from the ingenious to the idiotic, appeared on the market. Twenty-two sections divided intotime- 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 needamidpolite Victorian society. However,less scrupulous merchants also hawkedgizmoslike the nose shaper andthe asthma-curing necklace.Marvel at the multitudeof devices humankind has conceived, some of which could be consideredforerunnersofmodern-dayconveniences like smartphones andcomputers.

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