A Dangerous Companion
Anon
Genre: | News-Commentary, Drollery |
Subjects: | Invention, Machinery |
Discusses advertisements for a 'patent self-acting corkscrew' which is 'vastly useful' but 'slightly dangerous', and anticipates such an invention opening all the bottles in a wine cellar before they are required. | |
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