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Eccentric Contraptions: An Amazing Gadgets, Gizmos and Thingamambobs by Maurice Collins (Paperback, 2004)
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The incredible clockwork teasmade on the cover is just one of over 100 bizarre and ingenious gadgets in Maurice Collins' collection from the complexity of mechanical fruit peelers and a hand-pumped automatic shaver to the simplicity of the 'toe socks' of the 1920s which claimed to cut hosiery bills by 80 per cent. If you thought burglar alarms were a modern invention, there is a Victorian brass clockwork one in the collection, if you've always found striking matches too taxing, someone in the 1920s invented an automated self-striking match box to save you the trouble. Fascinating and humorous Eccentric Contraptions will intrigue and amuse, and is a testament to human ingenuity and resourcefulness.Product Identifiers
PublisherDavid & Charles
ISBN-139780715318218
eBay Product ID (ePID)95012830
Product Key Features
SubjectScience, Evolution
Publication Year2004
Number of Pages224 Pages
Publication NameEccentric Contraptions: an Amazing Gadgets, Gizmos and Thingamambobs
LanguageEnglish
TypeTextbook
AuthorMaurice Collins
FormatPaperback
Dimensions
Item Height155 mm
Item Width165 mm
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
Title_AuthorMaurice Collins
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