INVENTIONS THAT DIDN'T CHANGE THE WORLD

nventions that Didnt Change the World is a fascinating visual tour through some of the most bizarre inventions registered with the British authorities in the nineteenth century. In an era when Britain was the workshop of the world, design protection (nowadays pat enting) was all the rage, and the apparently lenient approval process meant that all manner of bizarre curiosities were painstakingl y recorded, in beautiful color illustrations and well-penned explanatory text, alongside the genuinely great inventions of the perio d. Irrever...[Llegir més]