Vending Machines: An American Social History

by Kerry Segrave

Although the 1880s are considered the beginning of the vending machine era, these devices have existed for a couple of thousand years. The earliest reference to a vending machine was made by Hero--a Greek mathematician, physicist and engineer who probably lived in Alexandria during the first century a.d.--who described and illustrated a coin-operated device to be used for vending sacrificial water in Egyptian temples. Completely automatic, the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786413697
• ISBN13: 9780786413690
• Release Date: July 2002
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 290 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.4" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher