Australian Inventions and Innovations by Robert Ingpen

Book Description

Secondhand. Very good condition. Minor wear to book corners and edges. Light foxing to top foredge. Previous owner has signed inside page, now covered with blank ex libris bookplate sticker. Body text and binding are still very good.

Details a range of discoveries, inventions and innovations that have had an important impact on Australia or which are peculiar to Australia alone.

It is the story of how inventions came about, why they came about, who made them and what effects they had.

Chapters cover Aboriginal life adaptation and invention, settlement, and improvisation. Featured are many agricultural innovations, such as the rotary hoe and mechanical shearing machine, as well as the game of two-up and food, complete with illustrations!