There are some incredible old technologies that are hard to believe they really existed. Here are some of the most interesting retro-historical devices.
1. 300-Year-Old Library Tool That Enabled A Researcher To Have Seven Books Open At Once, Yet Conveniently Nearby (Palafoxiana Library, Puebla)
2. 350-Year-Old Pocket Watch Carved From A Single Colombian Emerald
3. In 1955, This Tiny Electric Narrow Gauge Train Was Installed In New York’s Holland Tunnel To Monitor Traffic Speed
4. A British Couple Sleeps Inside A “Morrison Shelter” Used As Protection From Collapsing Homes During The WWII ‘Blitz’ Bombing Raids… March 1941
5. This Car Is A French ‘Delahaye 175s Roadster’, Introduced At The Paris Motor Show In 1949. Only One Was Ever Made. It Was Recently Sold At Auction For Around Five Million Dollars.
Read More6. Robo-Vac, A Self-Proppeled Vacuum Cleaner Part Of Whirlpool’s Miracle Kitchen Of The Future, A Display At The 1959 American National Exhibition In Moscow, 1959
7. Philco Predicta Television From The Late 1950s
8. The World’s Oldest Surviving Diving Suit: The Old Gentleman, From 1860
