My books @TheGreatFloodOf1607, #MrBridgesEnlightenmentMachine and @FrolicksomeWomen&TroublesomeWives are on sale in all formats in physical & online stores #ExtremeWeather #Floods #Automata #Technology #prodigies #WifeSelling #Families #WomensRights
In my book #MrBridgesEnlightenmentMachine I described how art inspired invention. The current @historytoday.com features #HerthaAyrton whose work saved lives in #WorldWar1 trenches. Look at the print behind her! #JosephWright of #Derby
In my book #MrBridgesEnlightenmentMachine I found talented children were sometimes noticed and nurtured by giving them access to private libraries, paying for them to go to school etc. They were treasured as Christ was the ultimate prodigy so parents felt blessed by such children
Cover of Mr Bridges Enlightenment Machine
Description Mr Bridges Enlightenment Machine
Cover The Midas of Manumission Orphan Samuel Gist & his Virginian slaves
#MrBridgesEnlightenmentMachine in ebook or physical #formats from online or physical shops. Gisng #automata Ty hat to poured -#Britain & #Americas describing& entertaining #Astronomy #clockwork #engineering
@MidasOfManumission #SamuelGist #Bristol orphan sent to ColonialVirginia freed his #slaves.
My #HistoryBook #MrBridgesEnlightenmentMachine tells of the giant #automata that toured #Britain & #NorthAmerica explaining & displaying latest discoveries. On sale in all formats, physical & online stores
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A reminder that my #historybooks are still available in all #formats from online & physical shops. #TheGreatFloodOf1607 #MrBridgesEnlightenmentMachine #FrolicksomeWomenAndTroublesomeWives #TheMidasOfManumission #ExtremeWeather #BritishHistory #WifeSelling #automata #Technology #manumission
Cover showing flood with people & animals in water & clinging to trees
Frolicksome Women.., wife selling in England. It happened as divorce was beyond reach of most
Cover of Mr Bridges Enlightenment Machine
Cover of The Midas of Manumission
My wonderful #HistoryBooks are great gifts for yourself or others. Well researched on unusual topics. #TheGreatFloodOf1607 #FrolicksomeWomenAndTroublesomeWives #MrBridgesEnlightenmentMachine #TheMidasOfManumission #WifeSelling #GiantAutomata #manumission in all formats, from online & physical shops
Collections began after the #BlackDeath when #relics failed so investigations began. #Reliquaries became #Curiositycabinets, then Museums. See my book #MrBridgesEnlightenmentMachine
Just got my sales report not only for my new book #TheGreatFloodOf1607 but also #FrolicksomeWomenTroublesomeWives,
#MrBridgesEnlightenmentMachine
#TheMidasOfManumission
#BristolHistoryWalks
You all have fabulous taste. Thanks for supporting independent #authors, #publishers & #bookshops
My book #MrBridgesEnlightenmentMachine a giant musical #automata that displayed clockwork, played music, latest technology. Hard to imagine #enlightenment or #IndustrialRevolution without it. #CuriosityCabinets #technology #astronomy
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Rear cover of book
Engraving of Microcosm showing 4 tiers of moving parts. From base, working carpentry yard, then sea scape with foreground galloping carriages. Then orrerery showing Ptolemaic & Aristotelian universe, then muses dancing, musical instruments on top
My #book #MrBridgesEnlightenmentMachine tells of his giant #Automata which toured #Britain & #Americas explaining & displaying #technology #arts #astronomy and entertained with #music. Hard to imagine #enlightenment or #IndustrialRevolution without it. Clock part survives in #BritishMuseum.
My #books #SelfPublishing #MrBridgesEnlightenmentMachine #FrolicksomeWomenTroublesomeWives #MidasOfManumission #TheGreatFloodOf1607 in all formats online or physical shops. If you want multiple copies contact me for better price eg for #bookclubs
The Great Flood of 1607 front & back cover
Mr Bridges Enlightenment Machine: Forty Years on Tour in Georgian Britain
Frolicksome Women & Troublesome Wives : Wife Selling in England
The Midas of Manumission:Samuel Gist and his Virginian Slaves
Many thanks to the people who have bought my new book #TheGreatFloodOf1607. You have great taste! A varied reading diet is a healthy practice. #MrBridgesEnlightenmentMachine #technology #entertainment #FrolicksomeWomenAndTroublesomeWives #wifeselling #TheMidasOfManumission #abolition #slavetrade
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Back cover of book
Copper plate print advertising the Microcosm with rounders of Newton who allegedly approved of it and Henry Bridges on right. 4 stories including surviving clockwork in #British Museum
My book #MrBridgesEnlightenmentMachine is about his #Microcosm #automata #MusicMachine that toured for decades entertaining enlightening and educating in Britain and the Americas. Hard to imagine #Enlightenment or #IndustrialRevokution without it.
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My #book #MrBridgesEnlightenmentMachine is an #automata #clock on the road in #Btitain and #Americas for 45 years. Hard to imagine #enlightenment or #IndustrialRevution without it. #CuriosityCabinets #travellingshows #ChildProdigies #WomensEducation
