Photos: What gadgets were the Victorians using?

Self pouring teapots, periscope glasses and fire grenades...

By Tim Ferguson, 14 August 2008 15:17

This is a self pouring teapot in action. It works by pushing down the lid to create a vacuum, which then forces tea out of the spout.

Photo credit: Tim Ferguson

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  1. 1. Herbert Longwish-Prantey

    Are you sure the self pouring teapot uses a vacuum when the lid is pushed down? I suspect it either uses pressure to force the tea out or perhaps a picture of something very nasty on the bottom of the lid scares the tea out of the spout.

  2. 2. anonymous

    Comment to Photo no. 3: how can vacuum force anything out? Vacuum sucks in, and it is the pressure which pushes out.

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