Times Archive Blog: Why inventors weren't always hailed as heroes
The Times website has a link today to a Times Archive Blog story about inventions that caused a social stir in their day. Most strange is an account of the first top hat being worn on the street causing quite a disruption.
It is not so clear whether the story is true, but there is a link to the Times 1926 article which discusses it.
In fact, the whole Times Archive Blog looks like a very entertaining resource, and I am sad to have not discovered it before.
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