Victorian Inventions

The transformable "Duplex Hat"

The transformable “Duplex Hat”

Artificial Leeches. You know, for bleeding. For health reasons.

Artificial Leeches. You know, for bleeding. For health reasons.

Portable Automatic Hair-Brushing Machine

Portable Automatic Hair-Brushing Machine

Moustache Protector. No, I don't get this diagram either, unless the pictures were switched and this is actually an automatic brain remover for mummification.

Moustache Protector. No, I don’t get this diagram either, unless the pictures were switched and this is actually an automatic brain remover for mummification.

The Amphitrepolax Boot with a rotating heel...for "ensuring a perfectly flat and even-worn heel..."

The Amphitrepolax Boot with a rotating heel…for “ensuring a perfectly flat and even-worn heel…”

National Archives via The Guardian.

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