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Curious Contraptions and Unusual Failures
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Across
  • 1. Attempts or experimental runs of inventions or ideas
  • 2. Protective headgear sometimes adapted with odd add-ons
  • 3. Relating to a device suffering from poor sound clarity in early days
  • 4. Small, odd appliance or tool found in some kitchens
  • 7. An unusual wearable invention designed to hold something on digits
  • 8. Wright brothers’ breakthrough, initially regarded with skepticism
  • 13. The curve shape studied to improve hanging wire structures in telegraphy
  • 16. Human-powered aircraft predecessors to airplanes
  • 18. Message system now obsolete but once revolutionary
Down
  • 5. Device for alerting or calling, sometimes failed in reliability
  • 6. Inventor associated with an early communication system, sometimes misused
  • 9. Two-wheeled transport once considered a risky invention
  • 10. Unintentional invention sideshow: a device for restraint inspired by this condition
  • 11. Early machine invented by Edison for recording sound
  • 12. Device to see over obstacles, used in early submarines
  • 14. A personal flying device that often struggled with stability
  • 15. A kitchen gadget aiming to perfect boiled eggs
  • 17. A vehicle powered by steam, overshadowed by gasoline engines
  • 19. Describing the nature of some bizarre inventions

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