Toilets, Toasters, and Telephones
- ISBN-10
- 0439104920
- ISBN-13
- 9780439104920
- Category
- Baths
- Pages
- 132
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1998
- Author
- Susan Goldman Rubin
Description
Discusses the evolution of industrial design and the invention of a varibcy of household appliances.
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