Inventions That Didn't Change the World
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| Rating | : | 4.77 (863 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0500517622 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 224 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-10-06 |
| Language | : | English |
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Ms B A Finnis said A beautiful book, astonishing and entertaining. A beautiful book, astonishing and entertaining. I enjoyed choosing my favorite wacky inventions and the ones that should have changed the world. And Julie Halls' carefully researched commentary is laced with humor and sheds light on an amazing range of passions and practicalities, dangers and difficulties, all that was trending in Victorian daily life.. Adán Salgado said Good book "Inventions that didn't change the world". Inventions that didn't change the world was a curious and good reading. You can see all the past attempts of technologies that never were. Some of them could be interesting is developed but others were just silly, useless (according to our current expectations, of course), a waste of time and money if they ever had been materialized. Also it was interesting to see ho. He seemed to like it, at least I have seen him reading Laura Blakemoore Bought as a gift for an engineer grad student. He seemed to like it, at least I have seen him reading it, which is better than most things I get people that never get used.
Irreverent commentary contextualizes each submission as well as taking a humorous view on how each has stood the test of time. This book introduces such gems as a ventilating top hat; an artificial leech; a design for an aerial machine adapted for the arctic regions; an anti-explosive alarm whistle; a tennis racket with ball-picker; and a currant-cleaning machine. In an era when Britain was the workshop of the world, design protection (nowadays patenting) was all the rage, and the apparently lenient approval process meant that all manner of bizarre curiosities were painstakingl
Still, notes Ms. Halls, the devices vividly illustrate the era's rising consumer demand and fascination with innovation and practical science.” (The Wall Street Journal)“A gorgeous compendium of crackpot ideas, reminding us that design is a Darwinian struggleonly the fittest inventions survive.” (Fast Co.Design)“Shows us that we were always obsessed with technological innovations that promised to make our lives better.” (Fast Co.Create)“While no single gadget in this books changed life as we know it, collectively they shaped an outlook on innovation that exists even today.” (Smithsonian)“Looks at the forgotten side of the Victorian age of inventionnot the steam engine or the light bulb but the Improved Sausage Machine, the Epanalepsian Advertizing Vehicle, and the Moustache Protector. “Julie Halls does a lovely j
. Julie Halls works at The National Archives, London, and is a specialist in 19th-century registered designs