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Photos: What gadgets were the Victorians using?

Self pouring teapots, periscope glasses and fire grenades...

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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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