Old World Inventions

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Just what you need on a hot day, a strigil. Strigils are used for scraping dirt and sweat from the skin. This particular example is from South Africa.

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1940(s): Colt Defender 20 guage mark

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1600(s): Solar powered clock

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1900(s): Child safety in the bathtub

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LAWNMOWERS

1870 Elwood Mcguire (1st lawnmower)

1914 New mower

1950 Robo Mower

1960 Remote Mower

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L. Ron Hubbard uses his Hubbard Electrometer to determine whether tomatoes experience pain, 1968.

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1900: Largest ever refracting telescope with Foucault siderostat mirror lens

- J. B. L. Foucault; France

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1929: Woltstem breast supporter

1949: Poses; the first adhesive bra

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1890-1900: Utopian Flying Machine designs

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1956: Flying platform

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1960(s): Foot tickle machine

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1960s: Couples Air Turbo Head Massage

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1957: Power Mower of the Future

Equipped with plastic dome, air foam cushion seat, electric generator, running lights, radio, air conditioning, telephone and cooling system for beverages.

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In 1900, George Lawrence built the world’s largest camera to take a photograph of the Alton Limited locomotive. The camera weighed 1400 pounds (640 kg) and used a 4.5′ × 8′ glass-plate negative.