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| Eccentric Contraptions: and Amazing Gadgets, Gizmos and Thingamabobs | 
 enlarge | Authors: Maurice Collins, Ian Kearey
Publisher: David & Charles Publishers
Category: Book
List Price: $9.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (1 reviews)
Sales Rank: 607334
Languages: English (Unknown), English (Original Language), English (Published)
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 224
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.9
Dimensions (in): 6.5 x 6.1 x 0.7
ISBN: 0715318217
Dewey Decimal Number: 608.7
UPC: 806488416926
EAN: 9780715318218
ASIN: 0715318217
Publication Date: September 15, 2004
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Editorial Reviews:
Product Description
Mind-boggling technology from the days of yore. An amazing collection of fascinating and visually intriguing gadgets which will engage and amuse everyone. The incredible clockwork teasmade on the cover is just one of over 100 bizarre and ingenious gadgets in Maurice Collins? collection from the complexity of mechanical fruit peelers and a hand-pumped automatic shaver to the simplicity of the ?toe socks? of the 1920s which claimed to cut hosiery bills by 80%. If you thought burglar alarms were a modern invention, there is a Victorian brass clockwork one in the collection, if you?ve always found striking matches too taxing, someone in the 1920s invented an automated self-striking match box to save you the trouble. Fascinating and humorous Eccentric Contraptions will intrigue and amuse and is a testament to human ingenuity and resourcefulness.
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| Customer Reviews:
A good coffee table book July 26, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Actually I bought this book as a gift to my brother. After flipping through the pages, I decided to read it cover to cover. It's a very interesting and easy read. You can finish it in a couple hours. What I did was I looked at the picture and tried to guess what the gadget was before reading the description. That added more fun to the book.
If you enjoy this book, you might also like Ingenious Gadgets by the same authors. I got both books for my brother. They're good gift books.
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