Patents
Anon
Genre: | Notes, Drollery |
Subjects: | Invention, Politics, Machinery |
List of inventions of distinguished figures in Victorian society. Inventions reflect the more disreputable characteristics of the patentee. For example, Home Secretary James R G Graham's 'New Grinding Machine to be used in Union Workhouses, for the diminution of Pauperism by Friction'. | |
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