How The Victorians Did Gadgets (Pics)
What clever, handy devices came out of the 19th-century imagination? Self-pouring teapots, periscope glasses,fire grenades, and more.Pictured is a forerunner of your trusty Outlook calendar.It's a memorandum clock, which indicates when a business appointment has finished.The device from 1890, uses a bone note with the relevant person's name on it.




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