Inventing the 19th Century: 100 Inventions That Shaped the Victorian Age, from Aspirin to the Zeppelin

by Stephen van Dulken

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814788106
• ISBN13: 9780814788103
• Release Date: October 2001
• Publisher: New York University Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.5" x 9.6"