These genuine, bizarre domestic and professional designs, registered in the nineteenth century for the most unlikely innovations, have been boxed away - until now - deep in the vaults of The National Archives. Meticulous illustrations and descriptions accompany the weirdest of claims for making daily life in a newly industrialized world that little bit easier.

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Inventions that Didn't Change the World
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Civil EngineeringTable of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- About the Author
- Other titles of Interest
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preliminary Remarks
- I House & Garden
- II Field & Factory
- III His & Hers
- IV Out & About
- V Preventatives & Panaceas
- VI Sport & Leisure
- VII Safety & Security
- Picture Credits
- Index
- Acknowledgments
- Copyright
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