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The wheels are mounted on a rocker arm attached to the axle, thus the wheel unit rocks up and down while the axle remains steady.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003ETests in mud and deep ruts show that the wheels do not slip or bog down and, according to the inventor, John F. Kopszynski, they outperform continuous treads used on tanks and bulldozers. On smooth roads, the rocker arm enables the unit to travel up to 25 miles an hour with no unusual vibration. All parts are hermetically sealed and maintenance is simpler and cheaper than on tracked vehicles. Still not in production, the wheels are undergoing extensive tests.\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.vintag.es\/feeds\/4497104151296191618\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.vintag.es\/2022\/04\/egg-shaped-wheels.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/6424637093648521725\/posts\/default\/4497104151296191618"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/6424637093648521725\/posts\/default\/4497104151296191618"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.vintag.es\/2022\/04\/egg-shaped-wheels.html","title":"Egg-Shaped Wheels Pull Through Mud Without Chains, 1949"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Unknown"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEgWR63mZw0G_TeyUYfJbHm1QYT9U0aqHjklbb0ZBLrqe_djQEos37omZCzTI2nZhz2c3TCrVGwwlp2gLqnPnBJPA5sq9K8MX53D2SUFsx6ERv034vJCUt6cF-ghUgQi6pW8Hsg9OsZWvSzN8FgmEtGpzNzyAORW1f5_Zq9VOQMI4LlVfIopAeoLzIa6\/s72-w640-h574-c\/egg-shaped-wheels.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6424637093648521725.post-4989548511976890381"},"published":{"$t":"2022-04-07T19:43:00.004+07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2022-04-07T19:43:31.443+07:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"1920s"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"inventions"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"music"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Violin With Horn for Sounding Box Directs Tone Toward Audience, 1924"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"Built on the same principle as a violin and played in the same manner, a musical instrument with a metal horn instead of the usual sounding-box has been patented in 1924.\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Ctable align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003E\u003Ctbody\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEhEHtiMcmy9o3vA6vt8ixXBJFMYvj6gaagMJrfEL6AqVPX7lWZPjEegb9XjmtdXBiDW63uKrBC_IyjR3T2SSCd3znCDZZb4gakoraglNrGJrWwGeSEMa5qSUFxq7nNsVITtMcR87-YtR-_LvAODXTjGEiQM53d1qPcF7jWvomM70sPMqL2GlBrBCAJM\/s796\/violin-horn.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"786\" data-original-width=\"796\" height=\"632\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEhEHtiMcmy9o3vA6vt8ixXBJFMYvj6gaagMJrfEL6AqVPX7lWZPjEegb9XjmtdXBiDW63uKrBC_IyjR3T2SSCd3znCDZZb4gakoraglNrGJrWwGeSEMa5qSUFxq7nNsVITtMcR87-YtR-_LvAODXTjGEiQM53d1qPcF7jWvomM70sPMqL2GlBrBCAJM\/w640-h632\/violin-horn.jpg\" width=\"640\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003EMetal horn and diaphragms on this instrument give violin tones resonance and volume.\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003C\/tbody\u003E\u003C\/table\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EEach string is provided with a separate bridge and metal diaphragms to amplify the tone. The sound can be focused directly upon those wishing to hear by pointing the mouth of the horn toward them; greater volume is secured, and the tone, while essentially that of a violin, has something of the quality of a cornet’s.\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.vintag.es\/feeds\/4989548511976890381\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.vintag.es\/2022\/04\/violin-horn.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/6424637093648521725\/posts\/default\/4989548511976890381"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/6424637093648521725\/posts\/default\/4989548511976890381"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.vintag.es\/2022\/04\/violin-horn.html","title":"Violin With Horn for Sounding Box Directs Tone Toward Audience, 1924"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Unknown"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEhEHtiMcmy9o3vA6vt8ixXBJFMYvj6gaagMJrfEL6AqVPX7lWZPjEegb9XjmtdXBiDW63uKrBC_IyjR3T2SSCd3znCDZZb4gakoraglNrGJrWwGeSEMa5qSUFxq7nNsVITtMcR87-YtR-_LvAODXTjGEiQM53d1qPcF7jWvomM70sPMqL2GlBrBCAJM\/s72-w640-h632-c\/violin-horn.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6424637093648521725.post-6980406117290427098"},"published":{"$t":"2022-04-06T12:45:00.002+07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2022-04-06T12:50:09.867+07:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"1920s"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"animals"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Germany"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"inventions"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"WTF"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"These Elephants’ Feet Were Turned Into Useful Jars in Germany, 1924"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cdiv\u003EWaste-paper baskets, tobacco jars and receptacles for various uses made out of elephants’ feet have appeared in German shops in 1924.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EEquipped with hinged covers, tightly lined interiors and with bands of polished metal about the top, these novelties are attractive in appearance and their stability and durability are said to appeal to the purchaser seeking “something different” in the way of a useful curio.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEg5j0R_ANPQb9ZgI6ilNQvBka2PmeYVVxgNWgIknH7aOSoy48BfxdZaA-lC8mL3cWZCN3odIZ6r2m2roQ0MiXx0xwTJ7e_OkhwNe89wyceJ-IzBuGAcrhmAG1GbENd3jolEsFNg8CGcGW0cRM4XSXSrL2EPq5lkoBI11VNBxdQ5kSgdTzJ7rMEjlF30\/s800\/elephant-feet-1.jpg\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"468\" data-original-width=\"800\" height=\"374\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEg5j0R_ANPQb9ZgI6ilNQvBka2PmeYVVxgNWgIknH7aOSoy48BfxdZaA-lC8mL3cWZCN3odIZ6r2m2roQ0MiXx0xwTJ7e_OkhwNe89wyceJ-IzBuGAcrhmAG1GbENd3jolEsFNg8CGcGW0cRM4XSXSrL2EPq5lkoBI11VNBxdQ5kSgdTzJ7rMEjlF30\/w640-h374\/elephant-feet-1.jpg\" width=\"640\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ctable align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003E\u003Ctbody\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEgo_zmLKs2LbWTfG-0rEoHM1Dn3QZ1HZvVxUJq-iAXaYLOtgtrTlHE-yynbEiDlKaM701YfHPNgCTfligdnn9NjD4bdzR--bg4bUFcl3q6Xr5ObMkqmWK2h-M6hqt2Gg0tb75txNimbrDMFgvw6dUEPzsGaLviJNJk_76wE4J-xHfyUI_nrLEWhOgRY\/s800\/elephant-feet-2.jpg\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"461\" data-original-width=\"800\" height=\"368\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEgo_zmLKs2LbWTfG-0rEoHM1Dn3QZ1HZvVxUJq-iAXaYLOtgtrTlHE-yynbEiDlKaM701YfHPNgCTfligdnn9NjD4bdzR--bg4bUFcl3q6Xr5ObMkqmWK2h-M6hqt2Gg0tb75txNimbrDMFgvw6dUEPzsGaLviJNJk_76wE4J-xHfyUI_nrLEWhOgRY\/w640-h368\/elephant-feet-2.jpg\" width=\"640\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003EElephants’ feet pressed into further service as decorative and durable holders for tobacco, waste paper and other articles.\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003C\/tbody\u003E\u003C\/table\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.vintag.es\/feeds\/6980406117290427098\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.vintag.es\/2022\/04\/elephant-feet.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/6424637093648521725\/posts\/default\/6980406117290427098"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/6424637093648521725\/posts\/default\/6980406117290427098"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.vintag.es\/2022\/04\/elephant-feet.html","title":"These Elephants’ Feet Were Turned Into Useful Jars in Germany, 1924"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Unknown"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEg5j0R_ANPQb9ZgI6ilNQvBka2PmeYVVxgNWgIknH7aOSoy48BfxdZaA-lC8mL3cWZCN3odIZ6r2m2roQ0MiXx0xwTJ7e_OkhwNe89wyceJ-IzBuGAcrhmAG1GbENd3jolEsFNg8CGcGW0cRM4XSXSrL2EPq5lkoBI11VNBxdQ5kSgdTzJ7rMEjlF30\/s72-w640-h374-c\/elephant-feet-1.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6424637093648521725.post-897437721214686101"},"published":{"$t":"2022-04-06T00:07:00.004+07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2022-04-06T00:17:41.892+07:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"1920s"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"inventions"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"WTF"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"This Small Device From 1929 Will Help You Pick a Cinder Out of Your Eye"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"Was this a really big problem at the time? Big enough that people needed to carry around portable cinder pluckers? A safety-first device, small enough to carry in a vest pocket, has been invented by A. F. Ouellet, of New York City, in 1929 to aid in removing cinders or dust particles from your eyes.\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Ctable align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003E\u003Ctbody\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEi2j0_03JurmkJZgh_O9SYa7Z8q0ahpaJDIvDmXdz3UeTVtWhT7dGBItZZvBKmr9Y9MM-FsJ1wKuGSqpmS3DVGuH4wjTWsPDo5qaf8Mf6cV7gRq12LYNEexzvNC0UDedKDA9oOD-h-zucm2-lBXRMlw753o0zdzthZhyqPtYfJeIxNoxzmbGOHITqD2\/s757\/cinder-picker.jpeg\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"757\" data-original-width=\"757\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEi2j0_03JurmkJZgh_O9SYa7Z8q0ahpaJDIvDmXdz3UeTVtWhT7dGBItZZvBKmr9Y9MM-FsJ1wKuGSqpmS3DVGuH4wjTWsPDo5qaf8Mf6cV7gRq12LYNEexzvNC0UDedKDA9oOD-h-zucm2-lBXRMlw753o0zdzthZhyqPtYfJeIxNoxzmbGOHITqD2\/w640-h640\/cinder-picker.jpeg\" width=\"640\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003EMirror is clamped to little finger of left hand while the right hand fishes for cinder.\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003C\/tbody\u003E\u003C\/table\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EA five-power magnifying mirror, one inch in diameter, is fitted with a wire clamp by which it is attached to the little finger of the left hand. While the mirror is held before the irritated eye, the thumb and forefinger of the same hand push back the eyelids, and a folded piece of soft paper, cut to a point, is manipulated by the right hand to remove the dust speck. The eye that is being treated observes the action.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EBesides magnifying the eye, the mirror reflects light on the spot where the irritating particle is located. The mirror and clamp fit into a small case for carrying in a man’s pocket or in a woman’s hand bag.\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.vintag.es\/feeds\/897437721214686101\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.vintag.es\/2022\/04\/cinder-picker.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/6424637093648521725\/posts\/default\/897437721214686101"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/6424637093648521725\/posts\/default\/897437721214686101"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.vintag.es\/2022\/04\/cinder-picker.html","title":"This Small Device From 1929 Will Help You Pick a Cinder Out of Your Eye"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Unknown"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEi2j0_03JurmkJZgh_O9SYa7Z8q0ahpaJDIvDmXdz3UeTVtWhT7dGBItZZvBKmr9Y9MM-FsJ1wKuGSqpmS3DVGuH4wjTWsPDo5qaf8Mf6cV7gRq12LYNEexzvNC0UDedKDA9oOD-h-zucm2-lBXRMlw753o0zdzthZhyqPtYfJeIxNoxzmbGOHITqD2\/s72-w640-h640-c\/cinder-picker.jpeg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6424637093648521725.post-6773538602303683349"},"published":{"$t":"2022-04-02T18:30:00.001+07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2022-04-02T18:30:44.316+07:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"1930s"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"humor \u0026 hilarious"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"inventions"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Mattress Doubles as Life Raft, 1939"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"Taken into the wilds on fishing and boating trips, a new “unsinkable” mattress provides safety as well as comfort, for it can be used as a life raft in case of emergency in 1939.\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EMade of kapok floss, the mattress will support four people in the water, according to its maker. Its weight of only thirty-seven pounds minimizes the load to be carried. The photograph below shows a striking demonstration of its buoyancy before interested sportsmen at a Sharon, Massachusetts, rod and gun club.\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEhmlXHNtukH-s6DBGJY_47EIW3LRyzS5yjBZmKzS7NMFa06bSVuwcsyu6xHq3bUeExtlEsaXWCZzR3nEoCE3IGtcCrBEvLM4Je97KztiijwlRlkzikc6kNQM9nxdkMda0FSWyd_qIqVqFMjeeMknkxqKNbXzUii7JrjQahYj_yhto_F0wsqK2dPUf1L\/s1342\/mattress-raft.jpeg\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"1342\" data-original-width=\"1076\" height=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEhmlXHNtukH-s6DBGJY_47EIW3LRyzS5yjBZmKzS7NMFa06bSVuwcsyu6xHq3bUeExtlEsaXWCZzR3nEoCE3IGtcCrBEvLM4Je97KztiijwlRlkzikc6kNQM9nxdkMda0FSWyd_qIqVqFMjeeMknkxqKNbXzUii7JrjQahYj_yhto_F0wsqK2dPUf1L\/w514-h640\/mattress-raft.jpeg\" width=\"640\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.vintag.es\/feeds\/6773538602303683349\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.vintag.es\/2022\/04\/mattress-raft.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/6424637093648521725\/posts\/default\/6773538602303683349"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/6424637093648521725\/posts\/default\/6773538602303683349"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.vintag.es\/2022\/04\/mattress-raft.html","title":"Mattress Doubles as Life Raft, 1939"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Unknown"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEhmlXHNtukH-s6DBGJY_47EIW3LRyzS5yjBZmKzS7NMFa06bSVuwcsyu6xHq3bUeExtlEsaXWCZzR3nEoCE3IGtcCrBEvLM4Je97KztiijwlRlkzikc6kNQM9nxdkMda0FSWyd_qIqVqFMjeeMknkxqKNbXzUii7JrjQahYj_yhto_F0wsqK2dPUf1L\/s72-w514-h640-c\/mattress-raft.jpeg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6424637093648521725.post-2939859257912102101"},"published":{"$t":"2022-03-30T17:16:00.001+07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2022-03-30T17:23:44.891+07:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"1930s"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"bicycle \u0026 motorcycle"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Germany"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"inventions"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"sports"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Chariot of 1938 Ben Hur Drawn by Four Motorcycles"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"For the Ben Hur of the motor age, no four-horse team would do. Instead, the charioteer–stunting in a sports festival sponsored by a Potsdam regiment in Germany–rides on a rubber-tired chariot drawn by four motorcycles in 1938.\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E“Reins” in the driver’s hands lead to the handlebars of all four “bikes,” which are harnessed together by three horizontal bars. The har-ness recalls certain farm tractors which are controlled by reins.\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Ctable align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003E\u003Ctbody\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEgVOJjxp7s6zLdWUwpMWS-uI2gHCgUePufn7ZQDED45XVrkdT06XSRAQA-gUFtL49-1ck43mF8xDK28Cji-daKKsx4bTHUYYEqcGblX8F2tBoMj63YdiRMlpdiOpTKYoS89-7m9-7ZTA1W1td8lJjZN4lXwDjRfH9nGkCA-BVBTLSYfJGcFvkoX_Z8w\/s1063\/chariot-of-1938-ben-hur.jpg\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"716\" data-original-width=\"1063\" height=\"432\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEgVOJjxp7s6zLdWUwpMWS-uI2gHCgUePufn7ZQDED45XVrkdT06XSRAQA-gUFtL49-1ck43mF8xDK28Cji-daKKsx4bTHUYYEqcGblX8F2tBoMj63YdiRMlpdiOpTKYoS89-7m9-7ZTA1W1td8lJjZN4lXwDjRfH9nGkCA-BVBTLSYfJGcFvkoX_Z8w\/w640-h432\/chariot-of-1938-ben-hur.jpg\" width=\"640\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003ECharioteer in German sports festival drives four motorcycles with reins.\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003C\/tbody\u003E\u003C\/table\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.vintag.es\/feeds\/2939859257912102101\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.vintag.es\/2022\/03\/chariot-of-1938-ben-hur.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/6424637093648521725\/posts\/default\/2939859257912102101"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/6424637093648521725\/posts\/default\/2939859257912102101"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.vintag.es\/2022\/03\/chariot-of-1938-ben-hur.html","title":"Chariot of 1938 Ben Hur Drawn by Four Motorcycles"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Unknown"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEgVOJjxp7s6zLdWUwpMWS-uI2gHCgUePufn7ZQDED45XVrkdT06XSRAQA-gUFtL49-1ck43mF8xDK28Cji-daKKsx4bTHUYYEqcGblX8F2tBoMj63YdiRMlpdiOpTKYoS89-7m9-7ZTA1W1td8lJjZN4lXwDjRfH9nGkCA-BVBTLSYfJGcFvkoX_Z8w\/s72-w640-h432-c\/chariot-of-1938-ben-hur.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6424637093648521725.post-7796437249315481687"},"published":{"$t":"2022-03-29T21:53:00.005+07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2022-03-29T21:53:57.783+07:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"1930s"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"humor \u0026 hilarious"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"inventions"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"music"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Singer Can Hear Voice as Audience Hears It, 1934"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"So that would-be singers may hear themselves as others hear them, a Los Angeles voice teacher and former grand opera singer has invented and patented a voice reflector, in 1934. Fitted around the pupil’s neck like a collar, as shown above, its convolutions carry a part of the singer’s tones back to her own ears.\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEiuBQ3QOt46-EjEp6FGP01rP6GORGF2-6G-FwVcXPuKSOjFa0cSa6CyPNHb35jAxNn5UA7O1gUedfrTTEoOLwJA2zZmrNFkqbS5NmlAg4YXmXmDLNW9Tadkq1ICsNX13Q6Rk9DPJkpvLHObfsfpd28SDeXH0oW34pUERbZxlNq82iSSrh9a37oegAB_\/s720\/singer-reflector.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"720\" data-original-width=\"719\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEiuBQ3QOt46-EjEp6FGP01rP6GORGF2-6G-FwVcXPuKSOjFa0cSa6CyPNHb35jAxNn5UA7O1gUedfrTTEoOLwJA2zZmrNFkqbS5NmlAg4YXmXmDLNW9Tadkq1ICsNX13Q6Rk9DPJkpvLHObfsfpd28SDeXH0oW34pUERbZxlNq82iSSrh9a37oegAB_\/w640-h640\/singer-reflector.jpg\" width=\"640\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EAccording to the inventor, his device will enable singers or public speakers to detect and correct faults in tone, volume, and diction during a few hours’ practice, since they may hear in this way exactly how their voices in singing or speaking would sound to an audience.\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.vintag.es\/feeds\/7796437249315481687\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.vintag.es\/2022\/03\/singer-reflector.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/6424637093648521725\/posts\/default\/7796437249315481687"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/6424637093648521725\/posts\/default\/7796437249315481687"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.vintag.es\/2022\/03\/singer-reflector.html","title":"Singer Can Hear Voice as Audience Hears It, 1934"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Unknown"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEiuBQ3QOt46-EjEp6FGP01rP6GORGF2-6G-FwVcXPuKSOjFa0cSa6CyPNHb35jAxNn5UA7O1gUedfrTTEoOLwJA2zZmrNFkqbS5NmlAg4YXmXmDLNW9Tadkq1ICsNX13Q6Rk9DPJkpvLHObfsfpd28SDeXH0oW34pUERbZxlNq82iSSrh9a37oegAB_\/s72-w640-h640-c\/singer-reflector.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6424637093648521725.post-121628113359367675"},"published":{"$t":"2022-03-28T19:56:00.002+07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2022-03-28T19:56:22.338+07:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"1800s"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"celebrity \u0026 famous people"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"inventions"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"“I’ll Do It Myself!” – Josephine Cochran, the Inventor of the Automatic Dishwasher"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"Josephine Cochrane (1839–1913) was an American inventor who was the inventor of the first commercially successful automatic dishwasher, which she designed in the shed behind her home; she then constructed it engaging the assistance of mechanic George Butters, who became one of her first employees. She is claimed to have said “If nobody else is going to invent a dish washing machine, I’ll do it myself!” Once her patent issued on December 28, 1886, she founded Garis-Cochrane Manufacturing Company to manufacture her machines.\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/a\/AVvXsEh_huDHKuGdBLEzVdsSOqvzEamfmWPOpsNw-Bs7-zgoR9afA9wIm24rUpgXOyLfdpiau3-mHZxZzimTl6WDc8JQNyqhRbSFlCyuz1D3rR8MR-wcHJi0wFrjv1rPzxXb8Xv3hRzmaZ0KAPILgtlwu7SoYBHZbVTapriJXhk8PRlUlKt2AdeD4dMUDVti=s1500\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"1153\" data-original-width=\"1500\" height=\"492\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/a\/AVvXsEh_huDHKuGdBLEzVdsSOqvzEamfmWPOpsNw-Bs7-zgoR9afA9wIm24rUpgXOyLfdpiau3-mHZxZzimTl6WDc8JQNyqhRbSFlCyuz1D3rR8MR-wcHJi0wFrjv1rPzxXb8Xv3hRzmaZ0KAPILgtlwu7SoYBHZbVTapriJXhk8PRlUlKt2AdeD4dMUDVti=w640-h492\" width=\"640\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003ECochrane showed her new machine at the World’s Colombian Exposition in Chicago in 1893 where nine Garis-Cochran washers were installed in the restaurants and pavilions of the fair and was met with interest from restaurants and hotels, where hot water access was not an issue. She won the highest prize for “best mechanical construction, durability and adaptation to its line of work” at the Fair. Garis-Cochran Manufacturing Company, which built both hand and power operated dishwashers, grew through a focus on hotels and other commercial customers and was renamed as Cochran’s Crescent Washing Machine Company in 1897.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003ECochran’s Crescent Washing Machine Company became part of KitchenAid through acquisition by Hobart Manufacturing Company after Cochran’s death in 1913, who first grew the commercial business, and in 1949, the first KitchenAid dishwasher based on Cochran’s design was introduced to the public.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EBy the 1950s, most households had access to hot water which had been limited in the past and cultural attitudes regarding the role of women were shifting so the consumer home market opened for dishwashers in the 1950s.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Ctable align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003E\u003Ctbody\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/a\/AVvXsEj7ed7qaxiEYwQZaHpkday_DYFzrvdNIEPSbKuLgmD8JRNJN_UhKsUW0pFH1h6N2uKt2jkc75xQoGGS2P0UaN8D3lnnPnFmpEabKdJ0tghA68t3OWdE0lNxK5xqQoDB6bLMFYLM41YwEzhYyHig0aMxnK5xhcI-wd5-0A-1xusfnCToqV3OjbBeIF_e=s1024\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"707\" data-original-width=\"1024\" height=\"442\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/a\/AVvXsEj7ed7qaxiEYwQZaHpkday_DYFzrvdNIEPSbKuLgmD8JRNJN_UhKsUW0pFH1h6N2uKt2jkc75xQoGGS2P0UaN8D3lnnPnFmpEabKdJ0tghA68t3OWdE0lNxK5xqQoDB6bLMFYLM41YwEzhYyHig0aMxnK5xhcI-wd5-0A-1xusfnCToqV3OjbBeIF_e=w640-h442\" width=\"640\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003EStamp of Romania, 2013.\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003C\/tbody\u003E\u003C\/table\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003ECochran was posthumously inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame in 2006 for patent 355,139 issued on December 28, 1886, for her invention of the dishwasher.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.vintag.es\/feeds\/121628113359367675\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.vintag.es\/2022\/02\/josephine-cochran.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/6424637093648521725\/posts\/default\/121628113359367675"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/6424637093648521725\/posts\/default\/121628113359367675"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.vintag.es\/2022\/02\/josephine-cochran.html","title":"“I’ll Do It Myself!” – Josephine Cochran, the Inventor of the Automatic Dishwasher"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Unknown"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/a\/AVvXsEh_huDHKuGdBLEzVdsSOqvzEamfmWPOpsNw-Bs7-zgoR9afA9wIm24rUpgXOyLfdpiau3-mHZxZzimTl6WDc8JQNyqhRbSFlCyuz1D3rR8MR-wcHJi0wFrjv1rPzxXb8Xv3hRzmaZ0KAPILgtlwu7SoYBHZbVTapriJXhk8PRlUlKt2AdeD4dMUDVti=s72-w640-h492-c","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6424637093648521725.post-9118120643196522873"},"published":{"$t":"2022-03-26T23:52:00.001+07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2022-03-26T23:52:30.878+07:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"1930s"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Detroit"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"inventions"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Michigan"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"WTF"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Steel Barrel Tested in 200-Foot Drop, 1933"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"An eighteen-story plunge in Detroit, Michigan, tested the strength of a new-type beer barrel in 1933. Made of steel, the barrel was filled with water and carried to the eighteenth floor of a hotel.\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Ctable align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003E\u003Ctbody\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEj7pXWTHzVrpzcQAYPGVpcONBr0uVPNjXVEKL-7cB97T1BhTcfOBIvQPqn-v4tHzW9O6b4xueSpkRCqHTLOeq1jkdQ-VYueqTo_QRl0prAXaCXdFzXvY9P-c-8V1Hkgx9l258BVB69RTPl2peKevlvE2p2tw_OyXGA9Q562TKw_rlTDf5IdHCKK-Rb2\/s1216\/steel-barrel-tested.jpg\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"1216\" data-original-width=\"670\" height=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEj7pXWTHzVrpzcQAYPGVpcONBr0uVPNjXVEKL-7cB97T1BhTcfOBIvQPqn-v4tHzW9O6b4xueSpkRCqHTLOeq1jkdQ-VYueqTo_QRl0prAXaCXdFzXvY9P-c-8V1Hkgx9l258BVB69RTPl2peKevlvE2p2tw_OyXGA9Q562TKw_rlTDf5IdHCKK-Rb2\/w352-h640\/steel-barrel-tested.jpg\" width=\"640\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003EIt would really suck if someone picked that moment to walk out to their car.\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003C\/tbody\u003E\u003C\/table\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EHere it was dropped from a window, plunging more than 200 feet to a hard-packed gravel parking space at the rear of the building. The barrel is said to have survived the shock without springing a leak, although the side was badly dented.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EIn a second test, another barrel was not even dented by the long drop, according to the manufacturer.\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.vintag.es\/feeds\/9118120643196522873\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.vintag.es\/2022\/03\/steel-barrel-tested.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/6424637093648521725\/posts\/default\/9118120643196522873"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/6424637093648521725\/posts\/default\/9118120643196522873"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.vintag.es\/2022\/03\/steel-barrel-tested.html","title":"Steel Barrel Tested in 200-Foot Drop, 1933"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Unknown"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEj7pXWTHzVrpzcQAYPGVpcONBr0uVPNjXVEKL-7cB97T1BhTcfOBIvQPqn-v4tHzW9O6b4xueSpkRCqHTLOeq1jkdQ-VYueqTo_QRl0prAXaCXdFzXvY9P-c-8V1Hkgx9l258BVB69RTPl2peKevlvE2p2tw_OyXGA9Q562TKw_rlTDf5IdHCKK-Rb2\/s72-w352-h640-c\/steel-barrel-tested.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6424637093648521725.post-259039023016348820"},"published":{"$t":"2022-03-24T11:45:00.001+07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2022-03-24T11:45:39.215+07:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"1930s"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"event \u0026 history"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"inventions"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Swimming Taught by Telephone, 1934"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"By means of a special headset and transmitter, a San Francisco coach is teaching swimming via telephone in 1934. The instructor stands on the edge of the pool and relays advice to his pupil in the water.\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Ctable align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003E\u003Ctbody\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEiuf9y9inAxSLNP75Lyb59HiI7KajshROiR4xy0MTgGQij-5In7zF_kNCj06OKCpsVSnK3GnVAyw5HZiCQMlwvEPPrUJyTJ_VNbfJrRPxXthpwWRdOK7RVOF8tN8adlR5Kn_yRH7ruV5vgyvMlEiAQeDDqMX3pB7k2WWcezQW7Cq9kbKoareYGyi5W-\/s1000\/telephone-swimming.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"851\" data-original-width=\"1000\" height=\"544\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEiuf9y9inAxSLNP75Lyb59HiI7KajshROiR4xy0MTgGQij-5In7zF_kNCj06OKCpsVSnK3GnVAyw5HZiCQMlwvEPPrUJyTJ_VNbfJrRPxXthpwWRdOK7RVOF8tN8adlR5Kn_yRH7ruV5vgyvMlEiAQeDDqMX3pB7k2WWcezQW7Cq9kbKoareYGyi5W-\/w640-h544\/telephone-swimming.jpg\" width=\"640\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003EThe inventor of the swimaphone tests his apparatus before sending his fair pupil out into deep water for instruction.\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003C\/tbody\u003E\u003C\/table\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003ESpecially prepared, waterproof transmitters and receivers, plus a length of telephone wire, comprise the set which operates on a charge of three volts. The advantage of the device is that faults are corrected while the swimmer is in action.\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.vintag.es\/feeds\/259039023016348820\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.vintag.es\/2022\/03\/telephone-swimming.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/6424637093648521725\/posts\/default\/259039023016348820"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/6424637093648521725\/posts\/default\/259039023016348820"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.vintag.es\/2022\/03\/telephone-swimming.html","title":"Swimming Taught by Telephone, 1934"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Unknown"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEiuf9y9inAxSLNP75Lyb59HiI7KajshROiR4xy0MTgGQij-5In7zF_kNCj06OKCpsVSnK3GnVAyw5HZiCQMlwvEPPrUJyTJ_VNbfJrRPxXthpwWRdOK7RVOF8tN8adlR5Kn_yRH7ruV5vgyvMlEiAQeDDqMX3pB7k2WWcezQW7Cq9kbKoareYGyi5W-\/s72-w640-h544-c\/telephone-swimming.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6424637093648521725.post-6145302884927719851"},"published":{"$t":"2022-03-22T22:29:00.001+07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2022-03-22T22:29:51.004+07:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"1940s"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"inventions"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"WTF"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Black Spray of Carbon, 1947"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"In 1947, black spray of carbon is blown into the face of this industrial worker to test the efficiency of a respirator incorporating a revolutionary new dust filter. The mask was developed by the American Optical Company to protect laborers exposed to microscopic poisonous and disease-producing dusts smaller in diameter than 24 millionths of an inch.\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/a\/AVvXsEij0wc2_sWdGbgUY9i74aoJhVpPs7qPBRi9VNH32wZ3B4nt-1TPSs6iqn6-4pV_TAsdir4y8a7PeaUUij6uhpgYf3u3RfYZvun14U9OCoxyEEeX5ni2lhIutZaFmXh4xOs4JMWlYUfzwbD2qNvIxxeubE7L4YRsKUcyPlt9obYnh6oyKLmjB-7KaqNG=s1338\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"933\" data-original-width=\"1338\" height=\"446\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/a\/AVvXsEij0wc2_sWdGbgUY9i74aoJhVpPs7qPBRi9VNH32wZ3B4nt-1TPSs6iqn6-4pV_TAsdir4y8a7PeaUUij6uhpgYf3u3RfYZvun14U9OCoxyEEeX5ni2lhIutZaFmXh4xOs4JMWlYUfzwbD2qNvIxxeubE7L4YRsKUcyPlt9obYnh6oyKLmjB-7KaqNG=w640-h446\" width=\"640\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.vintag.es\/feeds\/6145302884927719851\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.vintag.es\/2022\/03\/black-spray-of-carbon-1947.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/6424637093648521725\/posts\/default\/6145302884927719851"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/6424637093648521725\/posts\/default\/6145302884927719851"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.vintag.es\/2022\/03\/black-spray-of-carbon-1947.html","title":"Black Spray of Carbon, 1947"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Unknown"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/a\/AVvXsEij0wc2_sWdGbgUY9i74aoJhVpPs7qPBRi9VNH32wZ3B4nt-1TPSs6iqn6-4pV_TAsdir4y8a7PeaUUij6uhpgYf3u3RfYZvun14U9OCoxyEEeX5ni2lhIutZaFmXh4xOs4JMWlYUfzwbD2qNvIxxeubE7L4YRsKUcyPlt9obYnh6oyKLmjB-7KaqNG=s72-w640-h446-c","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6424637093648521725.post-6177878103019965962"},"published":{"$t":"2022-03-21T13:13:00.002+07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2022-03-21T13:14:21.144+07:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"1900s"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Germany"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"inventions"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"science \u0026 technology"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"WTF"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Occultus the Bearded Robot, a Clockwork Man That Can Talk and Sing, 1909"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"Very little is known other than a weird photo and article on a robot named Occultus or Barbarossa, exhibited in Berlin in 1909 by Herr Adolph Whitman, a famous German inventor.\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/a\/AVvXsEhyyiPg9iKdmnKthnvGi8rw4cVyEqmGFJ7koqYfeVc3ARkdoHrwLI_RpeKwrL0yHr6ROhdCaMjZ4fxVysof-ZHhpUWtSb-NQsYnM2EcLm9_Hb_lHa1ijUx6jsHj37YnaWSspV07LzARb7WSrYtjpkPLBIvlvnCMDtJya0qEsYlsz7-5u57UcAjC6XJp=s1305\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"1305\" data-original-width=\"928\" height=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/a\/AVvXsEhyyiPg9iKdmnKthnvGi8rw4cVyEqmGFJ7koqYfeVc3ARkdoHrwLI_RpeKwrL0yHr6ROhdCaMjZ4fxVysof-ZHhpUWtSb-NQsYnM2EcLm9_Hb_lHa1ijUx6jsHj37YnaWSspV07LzARb7WSrYtjpkPLBIvlvnCMDtJya0qEsYlsz7-5u57UcAjC6XJp=w456-h640\" width=\"640\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EAfter many years, Whitman has succeeded in making a mechanical man that can walk, and make other human movements such as speak, sing, whistle and laugh. This mechanical masterpiece is so human that at a distance of a yard it cannot be told from a living being. The figure is a mass of intricate cogs and machinery.\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EIn the chest, a number of phonographs are arranged, but how the machinery is controlled is a secret of the inventor. It has been said that wireless electric waves are at the bottom of the mechanical miracle. Each part of the figure is controlled by a little electric motor.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EThere is currently a Turkish story going around that Occultus is an early Ottoman empire robot built as a gift for the Japanese, under the name of Alamet. An early Turkish paper shows this robot with Gernsback’s Robot Soldier. A misassociation has been made somewhere.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/a\/AVvXsEjWMmI9czuPUdzU2OOxZITjnxeXsDXBXqHk-iy-wMcInHFJ5lpR4ypGwzBYgRUWgHkbS7EYiFRxOfo54zmZTRSuEJ8HnH4TyozeDTJE6edmrlDmLIe18q8Cg430fJm71YbxgQ2fMZuF5kDdmJ6wtteIU2hN-JD_pxBmha6UIDiPLJSZZhuyXBxmspdG=s829\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"829\" data-original-width=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/a\/AVvXsEjWMmI9czuPUdzU2OOxZITjnxeXsDXBXqHk-iy-wMcInHFJ5lpR4ypGwzBYgRUWgHkbS7EYiFRxOfo54zmZTRSuEJ8HnH4TyozeDTJE6edmrlDmLIe18q8Cg430fJm71YbxgQ2fMZuF5kDdmJ6wtteIU2hN-JD_pxBmha6UIDiPLJSZZhuyXBxmspdG=s16000\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.vintag.es\/feeds\/6177878103019965962\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.vintag.es\/2022\/03\/occultus.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/6424637093648521725\/posts\/default\/6177878103019965962"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/6424637093648521725\/posts\/default\/6177878103019965962"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.vintag.es\/2022\/03\/occultus.html","title":"Occultus the Bearded Robot, a Clockwork Man That Can Talk and Sing, 1909"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Unknown"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/a\/AVvXsEhyyiPg9iKdmnKthnvGi8rw4cVyEqmGFJ7koqYfeVc3ARkdoHrwLI_RpeKwrL0yHr6ROhdCaMjZ4fxVysof-ZHhpUWtSb-NQsYnM2EcLm9_Hb_lHa1ijUx6jsHj37YnaWSspV07LzARb7WSrYtjpkPLBIvlvnCMDtJya0qEsYlsz7-5u57UcAjC6XJp=s72-w456-h640-c","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6424637093648521725.post-6251190631520909988"},"published":{"$t":"2022-03-17T21:20:00.001+07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2022-03-17T21:20:06.601+07:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"1940s"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"inventions"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"science \u0026 technology"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"WTF"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Underwater Socket Tested, 1941"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"A light socket which can be used under water without short-circuiting is shown here in the picture, in the hands of Helena Brinton, a Hollywood model, in 1941. Miss Brinton doesn’t seem to be shocked. We don’t know about the socket.\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/a\/AVvXsEgCQAKRXU4TqybyuWcqYJoUm_QJAslPr0u_NYgX0-ZLT9jhULdXn7YEIpNik--OH5CzCkbZIU_F2m2qp_GL39I8bQiB0wEW-qwnAWz6YrpXRCN8lrzJABePjavL9k6RYaE-9h4B_qLTidU4UiWpZsvArmHRzLontONrObaKTJoVoudSR_lUzx_fC0Pc=s1214\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"1214\" data-original-width=\"794\" height=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/a\/AVvXsEgCQAKRXU4TqybyuWcqYJoUm_QJAslPr0u_NYgX0-ZLT9jhULdXn7YEIpNik--OH5CzCkbZIU_F2m2qp_GL39I8bQiB0wEW-qwnAWz6YrpXRCN8lrzJABePjavL9k6RYaE-9h4B_qLTidU4UiWpZsvArmHRzLontONrObaKTJoVoudSR_lUzx_fC0Pc=w418-h640\" width=\"640\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.vintag.es\/feeds\/6251190631520909988\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.vintag.es\/2022\/03\/underwater-socket-testing.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/6424637093648521725\/posts\/default\/6251190631520909988"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/6424637093648521725\/posts\/default\/6251190631520909988"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.vintag.es\/2022\/03\/underwater-socket-testing.html","title":"Underwater Socket Tested, 1941"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Unknown"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/a\/AVvXsEgCQAKRXU4TqybyuWcqYJoUm_QJAslPr0u_NYgX0-ZLT9jhULdXn7YEIpNik--OH5CzCkbZIU_F2m2qp_GL39I8bQiB0wEW-qwnAWz6YrpXRCN8lrzJABePjavL9k6RYaE-9h4B_qLTidU4UiWpZsvArmHRzLontONrObaKTJoVoudSR_lUzx_fC0Pc=s72-w418-h640-c","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6424637093648521725.post-1826096648438014910"},"published":{"$t":"2022-03-11T13:07:00.002+07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2022-03-11T13:07:45.717+07:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"1930s"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"children \u0026 youth"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"inventions"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"war"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Glass Case Protects Baby From Poison Gas, 1938"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"In 1938, masked nurses clad in gasproof rubber garments are testing out the latest invention of war-fearing Europe. It is a portable glass case in which babies can be thrust at the alarm of a gas attack and carried to a zone of safety.\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Ctable align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003E\u003Ctbody\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/a\/AVvXsEhfTIJ6ZEJ6p3GavavV7Xs35Cu22COQ3KTJL3Nvu981qAQBjyBjcULRR_dn760opbHuMs9OuTO_oj5s8Z6rRkdL20uIDRwMbLe009BS0FuYcAbGCXS146ijoVPTvZ3aG5ihgqMn724oVvQdtD7MPf9Ju1Y1HvmW7CeNOWLCUJu4ZXa0nU8T-O5ljg0N=s1234\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"1234\" data-original-width=\"903\" height=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/a\/AVvXsEhfTIJ6ZEJ6p3GavavV7Xs35Cu22COQ3KTJL3Nvu981qAQBjyBjcULRR_dn760opbHuMs9OuTO_oj5s8Z6rRkdL20uIDRwMbLe009BS0FuYcAbGCXS146ijoVPTvZ3aG5ihgqMn724oVvQdtD7MPf9Ju1Y1HvmW7CeNOWLCUJu4ZXa0nU8T-O5ljg0N=w468-h640\" width=\"640\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003EHere is a “full dress” rehearsal of a gas attack in Europe, with attendants dressed in gasproof rubber suits sealing baby in glass case for removal to safety.\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003C\/tbody\u003E\u003C\/table\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.vintag.es\/feeds\/1826096648438014910\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.vintag.es\/2022\/03\/glass-case-protects-baby.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/6424637093648521725\/posts\/default\/1826096648438014910"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/6424637093648521725\/posts\/default\/1826096648438014910"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.vintag.es\/2022\/03\/glass-case-protects-baby.html","title":"Glass Case Protects Baby From Poison Gas, 1938"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Unknown"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/a\/AVvXsEhfTIJ6ZEJ6p3GavavV7Xs35Cu22COQ3KTJL3Nvu981qAQBjyBjcULRR_dn760opbHuMs9OuTO_oj5s8Z6rRkdL20uIDRwMbLe009BS0FuYcAbGCXS146ijoVPTvZ3aG5ihgqMn724oVvQdtD7MPf9Ju1Y1HvmW7CeNOWLCUJu4ZXa0nU8T-O5ljg0N=s72-w468-h640-c","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6424637093648521725.post-7552050165985013060"},"published":{"$t":"2022-03-01T21:05:00.001+07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2022-03-01T21:05:31.702+07:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"1940s"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"drink \u0026 food"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"England"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"inventions"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"war"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Rack Protects Food From Poison Gas, 1940"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"Supplies of food and drink can be protected from contamination by poison gas in case of wartime air raids by a novel and inexpensive device developed by M. Jaffe, a British inventor living in Liverpool, in 1940.\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Ctable align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003E\u003Ctbody\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/a\/AVvXsEhyEqKnoR9Cb2L64LYga-1tWim4rGOz7LoXNKa35JZf_rtGbOYHL1arOHG9uG46PxRjcqxcyHMf9UNubMfmkR4SofpRuksvj15zvSSpVvC8zvNuOAqX4Z-sFtbo3uSPe1yu5Boyit7ovN4Ffi2CwluklNxRRLKuPhFNMcJ0cAO-A6fzF9y99GGtGlB5=s869\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"869\" data-original-width=\"758\" height=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/a\/AVvXsEhyEqKnoR9Cb2L64LYga-1tWim4rGOz7LoXNKa35JZf_rtGbOYHL1arOHG9uG46PxRjcqxcyHMf9UNubMfmkR4SofpRuksvj15zvSSpVvC8zvNuOAqX4Z-sFtbo3uSPe1yu5Boyit7ovN4Ffi2CwluklNxRRLKuPhFNMcJ0cAO-A6fzF9y99GGtGlB5=w558-h640\" width=\"640\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003EFood on the rack is set over water and then covered.\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003C\/tbody\u003E\u003C\/table\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E Food is placed on a raised wire platform and covered by an inverted mixing bowl, bread box, roasting pan, or other nonporous kitchen utensil. By means of two long wire handles, the covered food is then lowered into four or five inches of water standing in a basin or in the kitchen sink. The water forms a perfect air lock inside of the improvised food protector, making it impossible for gas fumes to seep in.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EWith the device, it is said, one minute is sufficient time to protect a supply of food which could be consumed without fear of contamination or pollution after the danger of the gas raid had passed. Larger units could be used for protecting food in hospitals and other institutions.\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.vintag.es\/feeds\/7552050165985013060\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.vintag.es\/2022\/02\/poison-food-rack.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/6424637093648521725\/posts\/default\/7552050165985013060"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/6424637093648521725\/posts\/default\/7552050165985013060"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.vintag.es\/2022\/02\/poison-food-rack.html","title":"Rack Protects Food From Poison Gas, 1940"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Unknown"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/a\/AVvXsEhyEqKnoR9Cb2L64LYga-1tWim4rGOz7LoXNKa35JZf_rtGbOYHL1arOHG9uG46PxRjcqxcyHMf9UNubMfmkR4SofpRuksvj15zvSSpVvC8zvNuOAqX4Z-sFtbo3uSPe1yu5Boyit7ovN4Ffi2CwluklNxRRLKuPhFNMcJ0cAO-A6fzF9y99GGtGlB5=s72-w558-h640-c","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6424637093648521725.post-3662893527079993408"},"published":{"$t":"2022-02-26T15:38:00.001+07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2022-02-26T15:38:40.502+07:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"1940s"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"inventions"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"traffic \u0026 transport"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"vehicles"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"1948 Davis Divan: The Three-Wheeled Sedan that Wheeled Itself Into Oblivion"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"The history of auto design is filled with failed ideas and strange prototypes that never made it to the production line. In the wake of World War II especially, the industry kicked into high gear. Released from building tanks and munitions, large automakers like GM turned their focus back to giving consumers what they supposedly wanted most. Meanwhile, entrepreneurs like salesman Glenn Davis took advantage of the booming post-war economy to launch their own designs. “Davis’s timing could not have been better. Post-World War II America was ravenous for new cars,” writes \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.autoweek.com\/news\/a2051171\/1948-davis-divan-three-wheelin-oblivion\/\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EAutoweek\u003C\/a\u003E, “and the Davis publicity machine thrived in this consumer feeding frenzy.”\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/a\/AVvXsEjvNWlJ15nyTsmG_VOwvrbe9IIu6ANpDsyi1POLtDgNXZHHURvfdupb_4pjeh9-HPhSahp81s87mV6wzq_cKt4cjzR9fmUFKAPUG6O-KiGxpPdXEDiKKiOM-EX4SloJ_kSEiGbG9nN4N1x4ikhF4RuGbSOhhhPlN-kInImshKVntACsbg1EYIa9BQcHmA=s800\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"640\" data-original-width=\"800\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/a\/AVvXsEjvNWlJ15nyTsmG_VOwvrbe9IIu6ANpDsyi1POLtDgNXZHHURvfdupb_4pjeh9-HPhSahp81s87mV6wzq_cKt4cjzR9fmUFKAPUG6O-KiGxpPdXEDiKKiOM-EX4SloJ_kSEiGbG9nN4N1x4ikhF4RuGbSOhhhPlN-kInImshKVntACsbg1EYIa9BQcHmA=w640-h512\" width=\"640\"\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EThe three-wheeled Davis Divan began its life in 1941 when Indianapolis 500 racer Joel Thorne commissioned a custom vehicle from Frank Kurtis, the future founder of Kurtis-Kraft racing. Kurtis gave Thorne the Californian, and four years later, Davis somehow managed to take the car over as his own (no one is quite sure how this happened). \u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003ERenamed the Divan, the car became the focus of an intense advertising campaign. New prototypes were manufactured at the new Davis Motorcar Company in Van Nuys, California. “The two-door sedan had one 15-inch wheel up front and two 15-inch driven wheels out back and was powered by a 47-hp, 132.7-cid Hercules L-head four cylinder engine (soon changed to a 63-hp, 162-cid Continental four) mated to a Borg-Warner three-speed manual. A removable hard top, covered headlights and a body shaped like a bar of soap completed the $995 package.”\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/a\/AVvXsEi4gEYoffTf_5mh0ShoxBxMMdCgha5SxXw3RXVxnaMpdxf-Lwk2upXCcnAneBlU9P5slLPIzoXVLuVqy9ycIYvJx8rOTIQUM9xH2JurCfHFgkWN2YB3yrBeO9WwtW8WqXDTNXWwce0AyEhXOYjBN5zCuFebOH4s3fdBmpgbmkl9tAsg3t486diQuDvkiw=s839\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"839\" data-original-width=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/a\/AVvXsEi4gEYoffTf_5mh0ShoxBxMMdCgha5SxXw3RXVxnaMpdxf-Lwk2upXCcnAneBlU9P5slLPIzoXVLuVqy9ycIYvJx8rOTIQUM9xH2JurCfHFgkWN2YB3yrBeO9WwtW8WqXDTNXWwce0AyEhXOYjBN5zCuFebOH4s3fdBmpgbmkl9tAsg3t486diQuDvkiw=s16000\"\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EDavis Divans were soon in the news, on the covers of magazines and in newspaper ads. Franchise agreements were signed, and the quirky car looked poised for success. Yet despite the hype and the hyperbole, Davis had oversold and underfinanced his futuristic aluminum-bodied car. Impatient franchisees came looking for cars that were not there. Davis’s own employees—who initially agreed to work without salary on the promise of double pay once serial production began—began to revolt. \u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EBy May 1948, the Davis Divan had gone from car of tomorrow to yesterday’s news. The Van Nuys factory was shuttered, assets were liquidated and Davis eventually served two years in prison for 20 counts of fraud. Roughly 13 Davis Divan sedans are believed to have been built—not including three Jeep-like military variants. Incredibly, all but one survives.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EDespite Davis’s own unreliability, the car was a solidly engineered machine that actually seated four people in its long front bench seat. There is plenty of room behind the glitzy plastic and chrome wheel. The dainty wand for the column-mounted shifter feels light and clicks into its gears with ease. Most important, worries that the Divan could feel tippy prove to be unfounded. Perhaps the fledgling automaker should not bear all the blame for its failure.\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/a\/AVvXsEi-v-BphMXyFMuIBOmIyR-86NWv4WcilBQilqJOC87Scfcl8bfEzoAS3GSVuSDKi3i5y_K-aDTPWfyyGArf_1L7wq2b9x5S1VlbMIcstOg-tcHk1Q1JK_QdUcxTlpGk1CLkbPGZQcLtd5MSlSTgtwlPuRiVD3PlTFoELTONVr8eRpA9SAOsKVIGdWX5fQ=s830\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"830\" data-original-width=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/a\/AVvXsEi-v-BphMXyFMuIBOmIyR-86NWv4WcilBQilqJOC87Scfcl8bfEzoAS3GSVuSDKi3i5y_K-aDTPWfyyGArf_1L7wq2b9x5S1VlbMIcstOg-tcHk1Q1JK_QdUcxTlpGk1CLkbPGZQcLtd5MSlSTgtwlPuRiVD3PlTFoELTONVr8eRpA9SAOsKVIGdWX5fQ=s16000\"\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.vintag.es\/2022\/02\/davis-divan-1948-three-wheeled-sedan.html#more\"\u003ESee more »\u003C\/a\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.vintag.es\/feeds\/3662893527079993408\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.vintag.es\/2022\/02\/davis-divan-1948-three-wheeled-sedan.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/6424637093648521725\/posts\/default\/3662893527079993408"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/6424637093648521725\/posts\/default\/3662893527079993408"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.vintag.es\/2022\/02\/davis-divan-1948-three-wheeled-sedan.html","title":"1948 Davis Divan: The Three-Wheeled Sedan that Wheeled Itself Into Oblivion"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Unknown"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/a\/AVvXsEjvNWlJ15nyTsmG_VOwvrbe9IIu6ANpDsyi1POLtDgNXZHHURvfdupb_4pjeh9-HPhSahp81s87mV6wzq_cKt4cjzR9fmUFKAPUG6O-KiGxpPdXEDiKKiOM-EX4SloJ_kSEiGbG9nN4N1x4ikhF4RuGbSOhhhPlN-kInImshKVntACsbg1EYIa9BQcHmA=s72-w640-h512-c","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6424637093648521725.post-4967157646889720327"},"published":{"$t":"2022-02-25T21:40:00.001+07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2022-02-25T21:40:14.508+07:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"1980s"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"inventions"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"science \u0026 technology"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"MetaWriter Software Vending Machine, 1983"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"When Nolan Bushnell sold Atari to Warner Communications, he agreed not to compete with the company for a specified period. When ban expired, Bushnell has introduced a software vending machine, the Cumma Metawriter, in 1983.\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EThe Cumma Metawriter allows a shopper to select from hundreds of different software titles at the touch of a button. The Metawriter looks suspiciously like a high-tech version of an old fashioned Coke machine. But consumers bring their own bottles. The way the system operates is simple. A consumer loads a ROM cartridge into a slot and a program is transferred on to it.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/a\/AVvXsEhfC1zJ1rcIh0wOWl8N4v5ZC_6AB9sRD7S1yO7AHdPxGcF17dwOU2NRWY5psIzldFM5lld-3Ae34vaJopmFr9OQn9-5spuurm9wK6r7CDwm94SyzefgSJNR5U1MSn6LbQSR_pdf70qyJZ0NHQn5NjOzdVKfDrfsl9-1uM9l9_0gEabCfac98CQ1oI2l=s640\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"500\" data-original-width=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/a\/AVvXsEhfC1zJ1rcIh0wOWl8N4v5ZC_6AB9sRD7S1yO7AHdPxGcF17dwOU2NRWY5psIzldFM5lld-3Ae34vaJopmFr9OQn9-5spuurm9wK6r7CDwm94SyzefgSJNR5U1MSn6LbQSR_pdf70qyJZ0NHQn5NjOzdVKfDrfsl9-1uM9l9_0gEabCfac98CQ1oI2l=s16000\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/a\/AVvXsEicr4YjsgSVnnIA83hPs7-xCirZZo1_j27BI7YG9LQqZPl809Qh1vKrlrqmY71MXIAFXSseOkrgrw_B7TFx9W7KXkF1uwwjr5j1uEk7hTynfxaZoXw_FYFF64xDHzOItk44j-UQBRqBw3uJ-gR-cn5H4N0lkWFNM_cd-zynsTIY73g7OtaqKgPcuprL=s889\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"889\" data-original-width=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/a\/AVvXsEicr4YjsgSVnnIA83hPs7-xCirZZo1_j27BI7YG9LQqZPl809Qh1vKrlrqmY71MXIAFXSseOkrgrw_B7TFx9W7KXkF1uwwjr5j1uEk7hTynfxaZoXw_FYFF64xDHzOItk44j-UQBRqBw3uJ-gR-cn5H4N0lkWFNM_cd-zynsTIY73g7OtaqKgPcuprL=s16000\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/a\/AVvXsEiWuc4jlcdCQ78oaMdFNLEZ8zTuepM_ACa4G-sfFzogRaB0e98QcHvJZqtbGZS3wTj6Fi18_PGJMt2J8fFl4VyCE0XnrdYrP62nVjk3sUWLaEXPokqZJdNX6_mh12UTDpwySfNHr-oOJnylreNmP3IZ6KTGwMtws6Bf3CUjvJFd2jE0ajUSeqihvJbz=s935\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"935\" data-original-width=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/a\/AVvXsEiWuc4jlcdCQ78oaMdFNLEZ8zTuepM_ACa4G-sfFzogRaB0e98QcHvJZqtbGZS3wTj6Fi18_PGJMt2J8fFl4VyCE0XnrdYrP62nVjk3sUWLaEXPokqZJdNX6_mh12UTDpwySfNHr-oOJnylreNmP3IZ6KTGwMtws6Bf3CUjvJFd2jE0ajUSeqihvJbz=s16000\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/a\/AVvXsEjOMe0MBzaJHX_uLgDhnBqy62e1JPB9DFleJc85BZSaPBz-mEBXJRePZbkCqwGaz0aZ9INzxbQsybnZE99hQR7HRqeUuIpQISVduluVGJPGtg31idTHHqxiGpJckx2Xpk1B0ndCECU9iLU-obfG4iOY_-wHpv432PdR7q-fibQPTO--ImkxvL4cFjeq=s726\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"726\" data-original-width=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/a\/AVvXsEjOMe0MBzaJHX_uLgDhnBqy62e1JPB9DFleJc85BZSaPBz-mEBXJRePZbkCqwGaz0aZ9INzxbQsybnZE99hQR7HRqeUuIpQISVduluVGJPGtg31idTHHqxiGpJckx2Xpk1B0ndCECU9iLU-obfG4iOY_-wHpv432PdR7q-fibQPTO--ImkxvL4cFjeq=s16000\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EBushnell is not alone behind Cumma. He has brought with him all the old Atari cobal. So it could be software vending machines in every gas station across America.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.vintag.es\/feeds\/4967157646889720327\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.vintag.es\/2022\/02\/metawriter.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/6424637093648521725\/posts\/default\/4967157646889720327"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/6424637093648521725\/posts\/default\/4967157646889720327"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.vintag.es\/2022\/02\/metawriter.html","title":"MetaWriter Software Vending Machine, 1983"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Unknown"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/a\/AVvXsEhfC1zJ1rcIh0wOWl8N4v5ZC_6AB9sRD7S1yO7AHdPxGcF17dwOU2NRWY5psIzldFM5lld-3Ae34vaJopmFr9OQn9-5spuurm9wK6r7CDwm94SyzefgSJNR5U1MSn6LbQSR_pdf70qyJZ0NHQn5NjOzdVKfDrfsl9-1uM9l9_0gEabCfac98CQ1oI2l=s72-c","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6424637093648521725.post-3782191702721986918"},"published":{"$t":"2022-02-25T14:05:00.002+07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2022-02-25T14:13:16.122+07:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"1930s"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"England"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"inventions"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"London"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"war"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Masks Tested With Real Poison Gas, 1933"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"Tempting death daily is the lot of a few daring men in a London laboratory, where a steel-walled chamber containing an appreciable quantity of real poison gas is reported in use to test the air-purifying canisters of military gas masks.\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EMasked experimenters sit outside the deadly chamber, and breathe through hoses that terminate in the canisters within. A white-coated physician stands near to render first aid, in case the poison-absorbing chemicals should fail to function. Only in this way can new types of equipment be tested.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Ctable align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003E\u003Ctbody\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/a\/AVvXsEiv6WFTDNFXj3AQPsOrlKLNE9vnEbh9pm4nfzkukoLWX3QLhFU1vysvxq56GhJ62FPqc_tE5JAeFQquUftfbA8KA7f3MRxXJznFbBAiqD838BvkjowC3okGG9DZbYa9steqx6f6LQIUWFgl1sD3llyYwtRdTQCUlPNE3Hef4rSsLZ2l9spmSFBAwwRG=s968\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"932\" data-original-width=\"968\" height=\"616\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/a\/AVvXsEiv6WFTDNFXj3AQPsOrlKLNE9vnEbh9pm4nfzkukoLWX3QLhFU1vysvxq56GhJ62FPqc_tE5JAeFQquUftfbA8KA7f3MRxXJznFbBAiqD838BvkjowC3okGG9DZbYa9steqx6f6LQIUWFgl1sD3llyYwtRdTQCUlPNE3Hef4rSsLZ2l9spmSFBAwwRG=w640-h616\" width=\"640\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003EPhotograph in circle shows English experimenters wearing gas masks and breathing poison gas coming from canisters set in a sealed room, 1933.\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003C\/tbody\u003E\u003C\/table\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.vintag.es\/feeds\/3782191702721986918\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.vintag.es\/2022\/02\/poison-gas-tests.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/6424637093648521725\/posts\/default\/3782191702721986918"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/6424637093648521725\/posts\/default\/3782191702721986918"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.vintag.es\/2022\/02\/poison-gas-tests.html","title":"Masks Tested With Real Poison Gas, 1933"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Unknown"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/a\/AVvXsEiv6WFTDNFXj3AQPsOrlKLNE9vnEbh9pm4nfzkukoLWX3QLhFU1vysvxq56GhJ62FPqc_tE5JAeFQquUftfbA8KA7f3MRxXJznFbBAiqD838BvkjowC3okGG9DZbYa9steqx6f6LQIUWFgl1sD3llyYwtRdTQCUlPNE3Hef4rSsLZ2l9spmSFBAwwRG=s72-w640-h616-c","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6424637093648521725.post-8209352836472996603"},"published":{"$t":"2022-02-23T18:53:00.001+07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2022-02-23T18:53:24.405+07:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"1970s"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"inventions"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Italy"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"vehicles"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Fiat X1\/23: The Concept of Child-Size Electric Car From 1972"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"The Fiat X1\/23 is a concept car originally shown in 1972 at the Turin Motor Show and in 1976 as an electric car by the Italian manufacturer Fiat. Designed by Centro Stile Fiat, it is a small two-seater city car, unlike any Fiat produced at the time.\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/a\/AVvXsEgZfe4NRlIXB-bIS1JuIno1UBBY50fx-fatPdyzkAcFmUX4bMrKF46lBLwOP_JpSosnEuAyjgbFSZmCyK6pB3xg1vdVjhHk1C-aXgwmgbdDZn3iNIdqWunqfOcBR18uDBPN9ADiCJjw7QiQUw17gw6urjCl6iKb9YUezRLCc1yorT8ymPFSaszroxAR=s1200\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"430\" data-original-width=\"1200\" height=\"230\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/a\/AVvXsEgZfe4NRlIXB-bIS1JuIno1UBBY50fx-fatPdyzkAcFmUX4bMrKF46lBLwOP_JpSosnEuAyjgbFSZmCyK6pB3xg1vdVjhHk1C-aXgwmgbdDZn3iNIdqWunqfOcBR18uDBPN9ADiCJjw7QiQUw17gw6urjCl6iKb9YUezRLCc1yorT8ymPFSaszroxAR=w640-h230\" width=\"640\"\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EThe 1976 X1\/23 is fitted with a 14 kW electric motor driving the front wheels and equipped with regenerative braking. Batteries are located at the rear. The X1\/23 has a top speed of 45 mph (72.4 km\/h) and a claimed range of about 50 miles (80.5 km). Despite its diminutive size, the car weighs 820 kg (1,810 lb), 166 kg (366 lb) of which was due to the battery.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EThe measurements led people to believe that Fiat made the car for kids. Its length reached only 2.64 (8.66 feet) meters! For comparison, it was three times smaller than the popular Fiat 124 sedan which was 4.03 meters (13.22 feet) long.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EThe car had an electric motor that spun the front wheels. Back then, vehicles run by electricity in Europe seemed utopian, like from a fantasy movie. 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Jockeys say it helps them reduce as much as five pounds in an hour.\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/a\/AVvXsEgUMw9CkBaG6PF6JtLwkg4OgVz72JnPDWOJWPlReYNPzJO3rceDeOo59uneQ_QvzqjnQ9bM3ZXW6Z_vO3XRC-zR1hqFX8_idIl2I5EhEu3T6_DauESt-rIfBwGATxUEBCIgZ9PRiXawDKrJRtduPiePSpc6BnA02EsDlghV6PFkmKMBmhXRg_diKITH=s1054\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"794\" data-original-width=\"1054\" height=\"482\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/a\/AVvXsEgUMw9CkBaG6PF6JtLwkg4OgVz72JnPDWOJWPlReYNPzJO3rceDeOo59uneQ_QvzqjnQ9bM3ZXW6Z_vO3XRC-zR1hqFX8_idIl2I5EhEu3T6_DauESt-rIfBwGATxUEBCIgZ9PRiXawDKrJRtduPiePSpc6BnA02EsDlghV6PFkmKMBmhXRg_diKITH=w640-h482\" width=\"640\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.vintag.es\/feeds\/7654388252427531242\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.vintag.es\/2022\/02\/reducing-suit.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/6424637093648521725\/posts\/default\/7654388252427531242"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/6424637093648521725\/posts\/default\/7654388252427531242"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.vintag.es\/2022\/02\/reducing-suit.html","title":"Reducing Suits for Horse, 1950"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Unknown"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/a\/AVvXsEgUMw9CkBaG6PF6JtLwkg4OgVz72JnPDWOJWPlReYNPzJO3rceDeOo59uneQ_QvzqjnQ9bM3ZXW6Z_vO3XRC-zR1hqFX8_idIl2I5EhEu3T6_DauESt-rIfBwGATxUEBCIgZ9PRiXawDKrJRtduPiePSpc6BnA02EsDlghV6PFkmKMBmhXRg_diKITH=s72-w640-h482-c","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6424637093648521725.post-2283531227198975078"},"published":{"$t":"2022-02-21T21:22:00.000+07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2022-02-21T21:22:08.706+07:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"1930s"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"children \u0026 youth"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"inventions"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"WTF"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Safety Belt Moors Baby in the Bathtub, 1939"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"It’s dangerous to leave a small baby unattended in the bathtub, and yet, when the telephone rings or the doorbell must be answered, it is sometimes inconvenient not to be able to do so.\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EIn 1939, Carl H. Fischer, a Council Bluffs, Iowa, engineer and father of three youngsters, solved this problem with the ingenious device. The baby is strapped in a harness that is attached to a metal bar. When the bar is turned, rubber pads threaded to the ends press tightly against the sides of the tub and hold the safety bar firmly in place.\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/a\/AVvXsEgAt7Lth3DY6VKvae8SqHDwDlWemO_dvImRRL7_59FduSM2CWHPKIPWSGacIhkLso5aaTGQ2fP-sCYX6Wlf2XhG6I6_mxcwFhvbgWlvE3wneiKarBgNFw9C3_GFLZn3fHUTCepC5PBd_6w5r7DRa2ZJP21bGWwsvJQ6xJdXYLerxPA46eM-phQnv3PA=s1000\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"775\" data-original-width=\"1000\" height=\"496\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/a\/AVvXsEgAt7Lth3DY6VKvae8SqHDwDlWemO_dvImRRL7_59FduSM2CWHPKIPWSGacIhkLso5aaTGQ2fP-sCYX6Wlf2XhG6I6_mxcwFhvbgWlvE3wneiKarBgNFw9C3_GFLZn3fHUTCepC5PBd_6w5r7DRa2ZJP21bGWwsvJQ6xJdXYLerxPA46eM-phQnv3PA=w640-h496\" width=\"640\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.vintag.es\/feeds\/2283531227198975078\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.vintag.es\/2022\/02\/bathtub-belt.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/6424637093648521725\/posts\/default\/2283531227198975078"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/6424637093648521725\/posts\/default\/2283531227198975078"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.vintag.es\/2022\/02\/bathtub-belt.html","title":"Safety Belt Moors Baby in the Bathtub, 1939"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Unknown"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/a\/AVvXsEgAt7Lth3DY6VKvae8SqHDwDlWemO_dvImRRL7_59FduSM2CWHPKIPWSGacIhkLso5aaTGQ2fP-sCYX6Wlf2XhG6I6_mxcwFhvbgWlvE3wneiKarBgNFw9C3_GFLZn3fHUTCepC5PBd_6w5r7DRa2ZJP21bGWwsvJQ6xJdXYLerxPA46eM-phQnv3PA=s72-w640-h496-c","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6424637093648521725.post-3653412431054948163"},"published":{"$t":"2022-02-03T21:52:00.003+07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2022-02-03T21:52:50.757+07:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"1930s"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"dating \u0026 love"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"fashion \u0026 clothing"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"female"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"humor \u0026 hilarious"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"inventions"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Valentine"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Odd-Shaped Eyeglasses Express Personality, 1936"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"“Individualized” eyeglasses are becoming a fad in England, and makers, departing from the convention that lenses and frames must be round or oval, are producing them in bizarre patterns. A heart-shaped pair, for feminine wearer, is illustrated.\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/a\/AVvXsEi7qozQ7TZaNkuxgcg95XOj0XUJFr60-eJeoE4q9lpbW_V5hBAfEDuTrcfWZ6jqG4tRB8NWgyiK50S433bJCwdJvD_NCahjLWyPwL9RsFrpvvHNR2WmOBugolNunwqCO1ugHz9I5vPSoZwVMkw44sUCqY-ly4i0NpeA19J2kxYNuUyAXSlBTgmLULUa=s750\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"674\" data-original-width=\"750\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/a\/AVvXsEi7qozQ7TZaNkuxgcg95XOj0XUJFr60-eJeoE4q9lpbW_V5hBAfEDuTrcfWZ6jqG4tRB8NWgyiK50S433bJCwdJvD_NCahjLWyPwL9RsFrpvvHNR2WmOBugolNunwqCO1ugHz9I5vPSoZwVMkw44sUCqY-ly4i0NpeA19J2kxYNuUyAXSlBTgmLULUa=w640-h576\" width=\"640\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EHeart-shaped frames are not for the faint of heart, or the shy of attention. They are attention-grabbers, head-turners, traffic-stoppers and need to be rocked by people who can handle the accompanying sassiness. Made famous by a little film called \u003Ci\u003ELolita\u003C\/i\u003E, heart-shaped glasses have stayed a great fashion accessory for the last forty years.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.vintag.es\/feeds\/3653412431054948163\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.vintag.es\/2022\/02\/odd-shaped-eyeglasses.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/6424637093648521725\/posts\/default\/3653412431054948163"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/6424637093648521725\/posts\/default\/3653412431054948163"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.vintag.es\/2022\/02\/odd-shaped-eyeglasses.html","title":"Odd-Shaped Eyeglasses Express Personality, 1936"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Unknown"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/a\/AVvXsEi7qozQ7TZaNkuxgcg95XOj0XUJFr60-eJeoE4q9lpbW_V5hBAfEDuTrcfWZ6jqG4tRB8NWgyiK50S433bJCwdJvD_NCahjLWyPwL9RsFrpvvHNR2WmOBugolNunwqCO1ugHz9I5vPSoZwVMkw44sUCqY-ly4i0NpeA19J2kxYNuUyAXSlBTgmLULUa=s72-w640-h576-c","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6424637093648521725.post-3436717624883168181"},"published":{"$t":"2022-02-02T13:52:00.006+07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2022-02-02T14:03:55.032+07:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"1800s"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"England"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"event \u0026 history"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"inventions"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"London"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"February 2, 1852: The First Public Flushing Toilets Open in London"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"Sited at 95 Fleet Street, next to the Society of Arts, the toilets were exclusively for gents. However, a public toilet for use by ladies was opened just over a week later on February 11 at 51 Bedford Street – a mile away.\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/a\/AVvXsEiEsSn6Q9Gq64k9eVbvCHC1xUGmJy_-_AfF3U2u8lHg5GbTgN4Kf9HE62Ljial2JHfgRKbawKPM4Ga5r1MpUuOG23_A8eg2COtxHB3rOj3O5saUkfhrfB5ws8ITrx4yTDqD7ocAFHax9hHN1cStjVxFDzzoFt2t4JGwG9aAQJ7N2lOyOWm7ACRfYtT5=s1200\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"800\" data-original-width=\"1200\" height=\"426\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/a\/AVvXsEiEsSn6Q9Gq64k9eVbvCHC1xUGmJy_-_AfF3U2u8lHg5GbTgN4Kf9HE62Ljial2JHfgRKbawKPM4Ga5r1MpUuOG23_A8eg2COtxHB3rOj3O5saUkfhrfB5ws8ITrx4yTDqD7ocAFHax9hHN1cStjVxFDzzoFt2t4JGwG9aAQJ7N2lOyOWm7ACRfYtT5=w640-h426\" width=\"640\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EOf all the technological feats and wondrous designs to come out of The Great Exhibition of 1851, there is one invention that we still use regularly today without even thinking about its ingenuity, to many, this will, at some stage or other, have been a life-saver – particularly after a lunch time drink.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EAt the Exhibition, a man named George Jennings, a Brighton plumber, installed his so-called ‘Monkey Closets’ in the Retiring Rooms of The Crystal Palace. These ‘Monkey Closets’ caused great excitement as they were the first public toilets anyone had ever seen, and during the exhibition 827,280 visitors paid one penny each to use them. For ‘spending a penny’, they received a clean seat, a towel, a comb and a shoe shine.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EWhen the exhibition finished and the Crystal Palace was moved to Sydenham, the toilets were set to be closed down. Jennings, however, persuaded the organizers to keep them open. They agreed, and the penny toilets went on to generate revenue of over £1000 a year.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EAfter the success of Jennings’ Crystal Palace lavatories, public toilets started to appear in the streets, the first of these being at 95, Fleet Street, London, next to the Society of Art on February 2, 1852; with one for women opening a little later, on the February 11 at 51 Bedford Street, Strand, London. These ‘Public Waiting Rooms’ contained water closets in wooden surrounds.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/a\/AVvXsEiwnSiPk-_tvq5wq39fH7n5G0Jc0rSVVz5aDmQl8Y2i0DMR21LN6AUtxaLHcLxrS7S7IzP9wXKpQy3m2lbjFblG2j4sugxTEfBnPThrnc6h1lGqPaleX-ieDu6L6x3WWol7sdpaU3OkBTv0lhW2iSjwUT8MC8KGdGjNQz__3GuvoqNQT8_0How2Q80O=s1200\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"900\" data-original-width=\"1200\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/a\/AVvXsEiwnSiPk-_tvq5wq39fH7n5G0Jc0rSVVz5aDmQl8Y2i0DMR21LN6AUtxaLHcLxrS7S7IzP9wXKpQy3m2lbjFblG2j4sugxTEfBnPThrnc6h1lGqPaleX-ieDu6L6x3WWol7sdpaU3OkBTv0lhW2iSjwUT8MC8KGdGjNQz__3GuvoqNQT8_0How2Q80O=w640-h480\" width=\"640\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EThe charge was 2 pence entrance fee and extra for washing or clothes brushes. These new facilities were advertised \u003Ci\u003EThe Times\u003C\/i\u003E and on handbills, distributed around the city. These ‘Public Waiting Rooms’ however, did not become successful, and were eventually abandoned due to their unpopularity with the public, and the awkward design of the lavatory and flushing technique.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EPublic toilets only really became popular after Mr. Thomas Crapper developed some improvements to Jennings’ initial flushing mechanism, which promised “a certain flush with every pull”, these improvements did a lot to increase the popularity of the public toilet. Crapper also developed some other important toilet - related inventions, such as the ballcock.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/a\/AVvXsEgUbarryl0OA0AxzCKyCYc6oUgksU2196Jwu0PLNkExZpth5IrhXjjwa2zlAze-xUMAYMEihJQrZ3BixLFVu2NYNG_ZqZWFjxws-IjRmGX59_TCk70gIOruiGbgpIthemx81Y9JSK5z1IXqIFqLGWBgINJzd0QWb17uQPfeiWSzYIkFBkTt7ryVYjCr=s736\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"736\" data-original-width=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/a\/AVvXsEgUbarryl0OA0AxzCKyCYc6oUgksU2196Jwu0PLNkExZpth5IrhXjjwa2zlAze-xUMAYMEihJQrZ3BixLFVu2NYNG_ZqZWFjxws-IjRmGX59_TCk70gIOruiGbgpIthemx81Y9JSK5z1IXqIFqLGWBgINJzd0QWb17uQPfeiWSzYIkFBkTt7ryVYjCr=s16000\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EGeorge Jennings died on April 17, 1882 in a traffic accident, when the horse pulling his cart shied, and threw him across the road into a dust cart. He sustained minor injuries and a broken collar bone. Later, he appeared to be healing well until he suffered a congestion of the lungs and died. He was aged 72.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EHis company continued its work, now being run by his son, and by 1895, with a new improved method of flushing in place, it had provided the public toilets for 36 British towns, and they could also be found in Paris, Florence, Berlin, Madrid, and Sydney as well as far-flung destinations in South America and the Far East.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/a\/AVvXsEiFONke4pc0vhob-jSFRDtCJLl_cpkX8FGd6mq-DG6O4J0TtTaA9eUQJh-xPPQcpOaeR5-nWY0d7q9TpZnzVsrIXVQwAlFMn1iYA_gtX1ZReszaZp4ztjFgbPJV9JfMfRsVVIcWXiklt6my_7E5QPGkZbGJyYNFvmR6AMzYY07XDoDRo14f2tC5983a=s865\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"865\" data-original-width=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/a\/AVvXsEiFONke4pc0vhob-jSFRDtCJLl_cpkX8FGd6mq-DG6O4J0TtTaA9eUQJh-xPPQcpOaeR5-nWY0d7q9TpZnzVsrIXVQwAlFMn1iYA_gtX1ZReszaZp4ztjFgbPJV9JfMfRsVVIcWXiklt6my_7E5QPGkZbGJyYNFvmR6AMzYY07XDoDRo14f2tC5983a=s16000\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EThe designers, architects and engineers of the Victorian age built public conveniences to a very high standard. When conveniences were to be above ground, they were built to be aesthetically pleasing, and built with high quality materials such as marble and copper, and furnished with fine ceramics and tiles.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003ENot many original Victorian public toilets survive today, in London they are recognizable by the fine and fancy railing work above ground, with steps leading under street-level.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E(via \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/thevictorianist.blogspot.com\/2011\/02\/spending-penny-or-first-public-flushing.html\"\u003EThe Victorianist\u003C\/a\u003E)\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.vintag.es\/feeds\/3436717624883168181\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.vintag.es\/2022\/02\/public-flushing-toilets.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/6424637093648521725\/posts\/default\/3436717624883168181"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/6424637093648521725\/posts\/default\/3436717624883168181"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.vintag.es\/2022\/02\/public-flushing-toilets.html","title":"February 2, 1852: The First Public Flushing Toilets Open in London"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Unknown"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/a\/AVvXsEiEsSn6Q9Gq64k9eVbvCHC1xUGmJy_-_AfF3U2u8lHg5GbTgN4Kf9HE62Ljial2JHfgRKbawKPM4Ga5r1MpUuOG23_A8eg2COtxHB3rOj3O5saUkfhrfB5ws8ITrx4yTDqD7ocAFHax9hHN1cStjVxFDzzoFt2t4JGwG9aAQJ7N2lOyOWm7ACRfYtT5=s72-w640-h426-c","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6424637093648521725.post-548069768707134889"},"published":{"$t":"2022-01-31T23:02:00.003+07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2022-01-31T23:55:05.298+07:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"1970s"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"inventions"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"vehicles"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"1970 Ford Mustang Milano Concept, Purple Haze From Pony Car Past"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cdiv\u003EIn the late 1960s leading into the 1970s, Ford was intent on coming up with an Italian influenced car. Most of the Ford prototypes had Italian names and Henry Ford II, chairman of the board, had an Italian wife. Ford was tied to DeTomaso, Ford even bought Carrozzeria Ghia from DeTomaso. So that explains this long lost hatchback show car which seems one part Shelby and two parts a new shape on the side which ironically seems to have shown up on the Dodge Challenger decades later.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EIn February 1970, Ford kicked off a new decade at the Chicago Auto Show with a wild-looking Mustang concept car that previewed some of the design direction for the upcoming 1971 models. The exceptionally low-slung, two-seat Ford Mustang Milano took inspiration from the grand touring cars that regularly prowled the roads around the northern Italian city that gave the car its name.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/a\/AVvXsEibtXQoSzMlJPqpvTYodyi_zEdqdmuljPWxfXX-YhWyD6GDlJ2qjDIpw_mBLj-9Sugrk56QDGOcXFmwg5b52LUxiZmJJi1_7Ys2_4FZ1gi9qQR-2q2Uy8k2GCHNofQlfBp8ch5sKZcCrIULgjWYYQyjhBsBURdtpGDl33gjQBSeV8vmuISpEneEmmOB=s1200\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"954\" data-original-width=\"1200\" height=\"508\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/a\/AVvXsEibtXQoSzMlJPqpvTYodyi_zEdqdmuljPWxfXX-YhWyD6GDlJ2qjDIpw_mBLj-9Sugrk56QDGOcXFmwg5b52LUxiZmJJi1_7Ys2_4FZ1gi9qQR-2q2Uy8k2GCHNofQlfBp8ch5sKZcCrIULgjWYYQyjhBsBURdtpGDl33gjQBSeV8vmuISpEneEmmOB=w640-h508\" width=\"640\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/a\/AVvXsEjcf8skXTd_dJVALJrOZ6HD-9qv0YnPd7QisT5kEbZTzt4HDZ4xA0aYjCN8YAit8FY8oEAGrD_rBWpE9g8b_jfdc391KN3qnpuuk6CyFjz6gSR14FVC6qVX7d7Tw-bbKdkYTypA6_tcPxR7qcx7kFOWlxVgnZ3xOAUDg9wkGAdCgjbk-5yvrq3ZJLV9=s1200\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"942\" data-original-width=\"1200\" height=\"502\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/a\/AVvXsEjcf8skXTd_dJVALJrOZ6HD-9qv0YnPd7QisT5kEbZTzt4HDZ4xA0aYjCN8YAit8FY8oEAGrD_rBWpE9g8b_jfdc391KN3qnpuuk6CyFjz6gSR14FVC6qVX7d7Tw-bbKdkYTypA6_tcPxR7qcx7kFOWlxVgnZ3xOAUDg9wkGAdCgjbk-5yvrq3ZJLV9=w640-h502\" width=\"640\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EThe color was called Ultra Violet, a moniker used by in real life Isabelle Collin Dufresne, a French-born artist, actress and author, the reigning beauty among the superstars of Andy Warhol’s glory days at his studio.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EThe car was low cut–43 inches tall, three inches taller than a GT40, and had a nearly horizontal fastback roof. The windshield was sloped back at a 67-degree angle probably as close as you can get to legal. The NACA-style ducts in the hood were modern thinking after the ’60s cars had bulbous hood scoops.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EFord wasn’t into offering mag wheels, except on Shelby Mustangs and the by then discontinued Cobra, but this one had cast-aluminum wheels, with a laced design reminiscent of classic wire wheels. The seats were light purple leather with blue-violet cloth inserts. Deep purple mohair carpeting covering the floor just screams 1970. This was from the days when Peter Max, with his wildly pigmented pop art posters, was a sensation in the art world.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EYou could stretch it and say future Mustangs used some of the design cues but also said to benefit was the the Australian-market 1974 Falcon XB coupe, the car driven by the title character in the first two Mad Max films.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EThis design is lithe and purposeful compared to the awkward 1971 Mustang. It had some weird quirks perhaps best forgotten like tail lights glowing green when accelerating, amber when coasting, and red when braking.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/a\/AVvXsEh3oe-QJGBOYflD1Qj5DvOPk97LoHUtwsheEKzjqfynEvCcszphpC9KmOpxhhGXnYNbsi6w_VY6gQS3UhsJWrSCmXKY4Gtkvt79kbRZpoK8T02gADIErppTUzi3kwPpv0dWcYlSxv2yhswCpq6EhmIV9gB0Bu2UQUa2V7y965uUXcZD3WazILNN-ONn=s1200\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"900\" data-original-width=\"1200\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/a\/AVvXsEh3oe-QJGBOYflD1Qj5DvOPk97LoHUtwsheEKzjqfynEvCcszphpC9KmOpxhhGXnYNbsi6w_VY6gQS3UhsJWrSCmXKY4Gtkvt79kbRZpoK8T02gADIErppTUzi3kwPpv0dWcYlSxv2yhswCpq6EhmIV9gB0Bu2UQUa2V7y965uUXcZD3WazILNN-ONn=w640-h480\" width=\"640\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; 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text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/a\/AVvXsEh0kVUL4Ufgdosv4oHTgK7l0MTY5WXvB_-jVVmejIhKWDRu_uIaHGfzcSdkybZDYlE-1KEZ8LrZc755DVmEAwWhovl2cViphR3vZmHQZiEmVgFGAplArKNdQQndeqyahYBFdomDK9ZrH1YgMkok5lixtPhfMcBS74rzJgIxX3VdWxnWj47E_yN_fiC2=s1962\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"1962\" data-original-width=\"1568\" height=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/a\/AVvXsEh0kVUL4Ufgdosv4oHTgK7l0MTY5WXvB_-jVVmejIhKWDRu_uIaHGfzcSdkybZDYlE-1KEZ8LrZc755DVmEAwWhovl2cViphR3vZmHQZiEmVgFGAplArKNdQQndeqyahYBFdomDK9ZrH1YgMkok5lixtPhfMcBS74rzJgIxX3VdWxnWj47E_yN_fiC2=w512-h640\" width=\"640\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EThe two-story vehicle, known as the “Goofybike,” is the creation of Charles Steinlauf. It carries the whole Steinlauf family. The inventor rides at the top and guides the contraption by means of a huge automobile steering wheel. Mrs. Steinlauf sits below, operating a sewing machine, while her son pedals behind and her daughter rides on the handlebars in front. When the odd vehicle is at rest, the projecting legs of the sewing machine prevent the lofty cycle from tipping over.\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.vintag.es\/feeds\/4322880099442378578\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.vintag.es\/2022\/01\/sewing-bike.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/6424637093648521725\/posts\/default\/4322880099442378578"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/6424637093648521725\/posts\/default\/4322880099442378578"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/www.vintag.es\/2022\/01\/sewing-bike.html","title":"Bike Keeps Family in Stitches, 1939"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Unknown"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/a\/AVvXsEh0kVUL4Ufgdosv4oHTgK7l0MTY5WXvB_-jVVmejIhKWDRu_uIaHGfzcSdkybZDYlE-1KEZ8LrZc755DVmEAwWhovl2cViphR3vZmHQZiEmVgFGAplArKNdQQndeqyahYBFdomDK9ZrH1YgMkok5lixtPhfMcBS74rzJgIxX3VdWxnWj47E_yN_fiC2=s72-w512-h640-c","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}}]}});