Frank Hornby, British businessman and inventor born in 1863, is a name known across the globe for model trains and toys alike ...

His work was covered in patent examiner Henry E. Baker’s 1913 book, The Colored Inventor: A Record of 50 Years, a text that ...

Taschen has published a new book called The Computer, which traces the evolution of machines in computer history. Written by German author and graphic designer Jens Müller and edited by Brazilian ...

Wells’ The Time Machine first appeared as a serial in the London magazines and then as a book in May 1895 ... advances in moving picture design: the invention of the cinema projector; the ...