"This book should help advance the use of patent literature for
historical research."
--"Choice"
"This publication is an interesting work that could be useful
for reference purposes as well as pleasant for browsing."
--"ARBA online"
Dishwashers, electric light bulbs, gramophones, motion picture
cameras, radios, roller skates, typewriters. While these inventions
seem to speak of the 20th century, they all in fact date from the
19th century.
The Victorian age (1837-1901) was a period of enormous
technological progress in communications, transport, and many other
areas of life. Illustrated by the original patent drawings from The
British Library's extensive collection, this attractive book
chronicles the history of the one hundred most important,
innovative, and memorable inventions of the 19th century. The vivid
picture of the Victorian age unfolds as inventions from the
ground-breaking--such as aspirin, dynamite, and the telephone--to
the everyday--like blue jeans and tiddlywinks--are revealed decade
by decade. Together they provide a vivid picture of Victorian
life.
This follow-up volume to Stephen van Dulken's acclaimed
"Inventing the 20th Century" will be compelling reading to anyone
interested in inventors and the "age of machines." From the cash
register to the safety pin, from the machine gun to the pocket
protector, and from lawn tennis to the light bulb, Inventing the
19th Century is a fascinating, illustrative window into the
Victorian Age.
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