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11 produkter
Frozen Water Trade
Häftad, 2003
135 kr
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The story of the 19th-century ice trade, in which ice from the lakes of New England – valued for its incredible purity – revolutionised domestic life around the world.In the days before artificial refrigeration, it was thought impossible to transport ice for long distances. But one man, Frederic …
Signor Marconi’s Magic Box
The Invention That Sparked the Radio Revolution
Häftad, 2004
176 kr
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The intriguing story of how wireless was invented by Guglielmo Marconi – and how it amused Queen Victoria, saved the lives of the Titanic survivors, tracked down criminals and began the radio revolution.Wireless was the most fabulous invention of the 19th century: the public thought it was magic, …
Frozen Water Trade (Text Only)
E-bok, 2012
31 kr
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The story of the 19th-century ice trade, in which ice from the lakes of New England – valued for its incredible purity – revolutionised domestic life around the world.In the days before artificial refrigeration, it was thought impossible to transport ice for long distances. But one man, Frederic …
Signor Marconi’s Magic Box
The Invention That Sparked the Radio Revolution (Text Only)
E-bok, 2012
102 kr
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The intriguing story of how wireless was invented by Guglielmo Marconi – and how it amused Queen Victoria, saved the lives of the Titanic survivors, tracked down criminals and began the radio revolution.Wireless was the most fabulous invention of the 19th century: the public thought it was magic, …
Great Inoculator
The Untold Story of Daniel Sutton and his Medical Revolution
Inbunden, 2020
250 kr
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This timely history of the neglected figure of Daniel Sutton—the medical revolutionary who paved the way for present-day vaccination—was named a best book of 2020 by BBC History MagazineSmallpox was the scourge of the eighteenth century: it showed no mercy, almost wiping out whole societies. Young …
Signor Marconi's Magic Box
The Most Remarkable Invention Of The 19th Century & The Amateur Inventor Whose Genius Sparked A Revolution
Häftad, 2004
219 kr
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The world at the turn of the twentieth century was in the throes of "Marconi-mania"-brought on by an incredible invention that no one could quite explain, and by a dapper and eccentric figure (who would one day win the newly minted Nobel Prize) at the centre of it all. At a time when the telephone, …
Eureka
How Invention Happens
Häftad, 2017
150 kr
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This witty and inspiring book chronicles the long history of discovery and ingenuity which gave rise to a “eureka moment” when a dream of invention became a reality for the first timeTracing the long pre-history of five twentieth-century inventions which have transformed our lives, Gavin Weightman …
Children of Light
How Electricity Changed Britain Forever
Inbunden, 2011
289 kr
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In the early 1870s a night-time view over Britain would have revealed towns lit by the warm glow of gas and oil lamps and a much darker countryside, the only light emanating from the fiery sparks of late running steam trains. However, by the end of this same decade that Victorian Britons would …
