Novel Contrivances and Industrial Revolutions
by Caroline Rochford
Think solar power is a modern concept? Think again!
Great Victorian Inventions takes the reader on a surprising journey, a trip from the clouds to the bottom of the ocean, with stops everywhere in between. Discover the use of whispering machines, crime-fighting streetlamps and over 200 other remarkable Victorian inventions. Answering questions like: Who invented the flying machine? Was the Titanic really the first 'unsinkable' ship? How would one use a phonoscope? Caroline Rochford takes the reader on a guided tour of hundreds of fascinating nineteenth-century inventions from across the globe, some strange and some remarkably familiar.
Using old Victorian documents Caroline explores the frankly ridiculous, the fascinating, the long-forgotten and the fanciful theories that didn't quite make the grade, alongside the innovations that we simply don't realise were conceived in the age of Queen Victoria. Lavishly illustrated with original drawings Great Victorian Inventions is a fascinating read from end to end and a real insight into an age where everything was considered possible even if it wasn't practical.
Size 124x198mm, 288 pages
ISBN: 9781445636177