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Science's Strangest Inventions

by Tom Quinn
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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.

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Series: Strangest Publisher: Pavilion Books

Kindle Book

  • Release date: June 4, 2015

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  • ISBN: 9781910232477
  • File size: 1577 KB
  • Release date: June 4, 2015

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  • ISBN: 9781910232477
  • File size: 1577 KB
  • Release date: June 4, 2015

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Science Technology Nonfiction

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English

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.

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Science Technology Nonfiction
  • Details

    Publisher:
    Pavilion Books

    Kindle Book
    Release date: June 4, 2015

    OverDrive Read
    ISBN: 9781910232477
    File size: 1577 KB
    Release date: June 4, 2015

    EPUB ebook
    ISBN: 9781910232477
    File size: 1577 KB
    Release date: June 4, 2015

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  • Formats
    Kindle Book
    OverDrive Read
    EPUB ebook
  • Languages
    English