The Ingenious Victorians

We all know that some of the greatest inventions came from the Victorian age, the successors of which are still with us today. But this book is not entirely about those. It’s more about some of the weird and wonderful inventions, ideas and projects — some successful, others less so — that have largely been forgotten. Here you can read how Victorian innovators were responsible for an electric railway with lines under the sea, cameras disguised as bowler hats, safety coffins designed to prevent premature burial, the first traffic lights, which exploded a month after their erection in Westminster... as well as many other ingenious inventions. (288pp, paperback)