The story of toilets, telephones & other useful inventions
Daynes, Katie2004
Book
This text provides an amusing and informative history of the toilet, from cavemen's holes in the ground to Thomas Crapper's flushing toilet, via Roman public loos, stinky castle moats and Edwardian drains. It also contains equally interesting tales of telephones, frozen food, soccer nets, safety razors and space inventions.
Main title:
The story of toilets, telephones & other useful inventions / Katie Daynes ; illustrated by Adam Larkum ; reading consultant, Alison Kelly.
Imprint:
London : Usborne, 2004.
Collation:
48 p. : col. ill. ; 21 cm.
ISBN:
9780746062210 (hbk)
Dewey class:
609
Language:
English
BRN:
623086