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Gilbert's Erector Sets were inspired in part by a British toy called Meccano. M. P. Gould's 1904 biography, Frank Hornby: The Boy Who Made $1,000,000 With a Toy, tells the story of Meccano's inventor, Frank Hornby. Read the book online.


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