Eccentric Contraptions: and Amazing Gadgets, Gizmos and Thingamabobs

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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%. … More >>

Eccentric Contraptions: and Amazing Gadgets, Gizmos and Thingamabobs