Science's Strangest Inventions

Tom Quinn (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

288 Seiten

2007
Robson Books Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-86105-826-3 (ISBN)

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The history of science is littered with mad, bad and delightfully dotty inventions, from a bicycle powered by its rider waggling his head back and forth to the Improved Pneumatic Advertising Hat - a bowler that hurled a lit-up billboard into the air at the touch of a button. This book presents science's strangest inventions.

The history of science is littered with mad, bad and delightfully dotty inventions, from the bicycle that relied for its momentum on the rider waggling his head back and forth continually to the Improved Pneumatic Advertising Hat – a bowler that hurled a lit-up billboard into the air at the touch of a button – or the suitcase that turned into a small boat for the nervous ferry passenger. Here is the chance to sample, among other delights, Professor Ray's Nose Adjusting Machine, Admiral Popov's Circular Warship, The Perfect Sleeping Partner (a Japanese pillow shaped just like a man with an arm fitted at the right angle for a comforting cuddle) and last, but by no means least, Calantarient's Improved Dung Trap for Carriage Horses Employed by Ladies of Fashion and those of a Delicate Constitution.

Tom Quinn is a journalist, juggler, orange peel collector and expert on Victorian fish painters, who spends much of his time travelling round Britain looking for quirky subjects to write about. He has written five titles in the best-selling Strangest series. Tom also writes occasional obituaries for The Times and edits Country Business magazine.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	24.5.2007
Reihe/Serie	Strangest
Zusatzinfo	No illustrations
Sprache	englisch
Maße	138 x 216 mm
Gewicht	357 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Technikgeschichte
ISBN-10	1-86105-826-8 / 1861058268
ISBN-13	978-1-86105-826-3 / 9781861058263
Zustand	Neuware