
Self pouring teapots, periscope glasses and fire grenades...
By Tim Ferguson
Published: 14 August 2008 15:17 GMT
Here Maurice Collins shows off an automatic page turner from 1880 which turns pages in a book at the flick of a lever.
Collins had been collecting old gadgets for around 35 years after starting out with an antique bottle collection.
Photo credit: Tim Ferguson
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