In the years 1901-1905 over 140,000 British Patents were granted; many to private inventors - not only British, but also American, European and Antipodean. From this rich field, the authors have culled a profusely illustrated selection of the most entertaining fruits of the ingenuity of early Edwardian inventors. In drawing attention to many of the preoccupations of the peiord - hats which need securing or ventilating, horses which must be prevented from bolting, dress which needs adjusting, rodents which must be trapped, and scores of others - the authors provide as significant and absorbing a social commentary as may be found in any of the more familiar sources.
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- PublisherStar Books
- Publication date1979
- ISBN 10 035230345X
- ISBN 13 9780352303455
- BindingPaperback
- Edition number1
- Number of pages156