Author: ANDERSON, CLIVE AND BROWN, IAN
Title: Patent Nonsense - a Catalogue of Inventions That Failed to Change the World
Description: London, Michael Joseph. 1994, First Edition. (ISBN: 0718138651). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A VG+ copy with VG+ dustjacket which is complete. A selection of amusing inventions from the United States, British and French Patent Offices including bizarre ones such as 'Ice Block as Substitute for Vehicle Wheels', 'Method for Preserving the Dead' which involved hermetically sealing in molten glass, 'Edible Phonograph' (chocolate records would you believe), 'War Protecting Suit' and many other off the wall ones. An hilarious book. 4. Very Good/Very Good.

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