Inventing the 19th Century
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Autor: Van Dulken Wydawnictwo: New York University Press Data wydania: 2006 Kategoria: socjologia, filozofia ISBN: 978-0-8147-8811-0 Ilość stron: 0 Cena : 67.6 zł | |
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 19th century. The Victorian age (1837-1901) was a period of enormous technological progress in communications, transport, and many other areas of life. Illustrated by the original patent drawings from The British Library's extensive collection, this attractive book chronicles the history of the one hundred most important, innovative więcej... | ||
