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Bizarre Victorian Inventions - PDF Scrapbook / Slideshow

FishesEye Publishing

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Copyright © FishesEye Publishing, 2008

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The hydrogen balloon – went up, but often in flames!

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The (not-quite) automatic sculpting machine

Tricycle-mounted Maxim gun – sure to terrify the enemy!

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The pneumatic document tube – receiving end!

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Secret technical details of the pneumatic tubes

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The stair-elevator, way before its time!

Propellor-driven dirigible

Cross-section of a dirigible’s cabin

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Friends say “adieu” to the intrepid aviator

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Alarm signal selector – 11 choices of panic!

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The Chicago alarm system saves another life!

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The French version…

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The sciséophone, sonic quality control for high explosive shells!

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Automated wine tasting on the rue Montmartre, Paris

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Walking, talking dolls!

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English experimental “machine guns”, in the Indies

Parisian road sweeper

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Battery-powered tricycle (prototype of the legendary Sinclair C5?)

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Parenty’s patent smoking machine (before the invention of the beagle)

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Not since the days of Daedalus had the skies seen such flying machines!

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Early typewriters

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Pneumatic clocks in Paris, harnessing the winds of time!

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The principles explained…

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Air-powered train

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The multi-purpose cane, catering for all the gentlemanly pastimes!

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The melograph – early musical recording device

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Melographic melody

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The melotrope playback system

Ingenious details of the melograph

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Electrically illuminated jewelry

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Not quite the Charge of the Light Brigade – British bicycle troops

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A choice of writing devices for the blind

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Torpedo systems for land and sea!

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Experimental transport

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The amphibious tricycle

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Writing stabiliser for train passengers

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The aeolien harp

The cigarette-holder / camera

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The diplograph – early document duplicator

The bigraph, a similar idea…

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Medium’s table, and electric insects!

The electric dirigible sets out on a secret military mission

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Apple peeler

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Spherical velocipede – all the fun of the fair!

Family velocipede – father puts his foot down

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Early phonographic microphones

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Automated teller – a century before its time

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Steam lawn-mower – the cutting edge of technology

Telephonic concert – hifi fo fum

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The theatrophone – high drama, without the need to go to the theater!

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Pre-electric light buoy

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The pocket revolver – handy in tight corners!

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Not to be outdone, a Russian military rail inspector

Herrington’s writing machine

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Ericsson’s calorific engine – solar energy in 1883!

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Automated perfume distributor – only in France…?

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Slot-machine technology

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Eccentric cycles

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The Wimshurt machine – crackle and pop goes the physicist

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The pocket machine gun – mind your fingers!

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The telautograph – early facsimiles

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Edison’s electic pen – turbo-powered inky fingers

Early document duplicating system

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The photo rifle – smile, you’re in the cross-hairs!

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Drill for the first Channel Tunnel

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The waltzing cycle – giddy up!

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A photo panoramic spectacle

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The Colson military telephone – eliminates battlefield background noise!

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The photogenic revolver – just a flash in the pan?

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Illuminating the ocean floor

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The velograph – another crackpot writing devices

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Closer, but, not that close…

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Marine salvage system

No more need to lick envelopes or stamps…

The aquatic velocipe…

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Velocipedic antics

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Photo-trike for tourists – snap and go!

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Pneumatic plumbing system

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The pyrophone, or “fire/explosion organ” – the wrath of God?

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Automatic page-turner for musical scores

Aquarium frames (recently making a comeback)

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The New York “Time Ball” – global standard time?

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Mechanical horse brush

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A bicycle made for two

The portable boat

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Pénaud’s mechanical bird

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Propellor-driven fly – but why?

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The photophone – a prototype of fiber-optics?

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Early sushi boat system

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Another amphibious vehicle

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Aquatic trike

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Giant trike

Giant and dwarf bikes

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Various trikes…

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Mini-dirigible

Russian mini-sub

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Ladies’ bicyle protectors

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The Saint-Malo rolling bridge

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Locomobile, with folding funnel (for low bridges)

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The bedroom bicycle

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