Dishwashers, electric light bulbs, gramophones, motion picture cameras, radios, roller skates, typewriters. While these inventions seem to speak of the 20th century, they all in fact date from the 19t
Every American knows that Thomas Alva Edison's most famous invention was the light bulb, but who invented the pregnancy test? How was the airbag invented? How was the first computer patented? Stephen
Illustrated with drawings from the British Library's collection, this window into the Victorian Age highlights one hundred innovations in communications and transportation that profoundly influenced l
Drawing on the British Library's vast and comprehensive collection of patents, this illustrated book recounts the history of one hundred of the most significant inventions of the century, decade by d
