‘SECTIONAL MODEL OF A LOCOMOTIVE-ENGINE’
The Illustrated Exhibitor and Magazine of Art, vol 1, 1852.
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“Scientific” toys.
From XIXe siècle (The XIX century), by John Grand-Carteret, Paris, 1893.
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Toyota came up with this 35 years ago:
“I call them… Cycle Shoes!”
Young man on pedaled roller skates designed by Edvard Petrini, c. 1910
Explorer XVII Satellite (by NASA on The Commons)
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The Thames Tunnel under construction, 1830
The Tunnel was the first built under a navigable river.
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