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Forgotten Mechanical Marvels and Arcane Devices
Challenging puzzle for experienced crossword solvers
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Across
- 1. Lost electronic instrument played without physical contact
- 2. Physical training device once used to aid posture and flexibility
- 4. Ancient Greek analog calculator for astronomical predictions
- 6. Device measuring wind speed, once vital for early meteorology
- 9. Early facsimile machine transmitting images via light signals
- 10. Obsolete timekeeping device combining gears and celestial indicators
- 11. Pre-cinema animation device that spun images to simulate motion
- 14. Experimental apparatus attempting to link senses, now forgotten
Down
- 3. Illusive optical device creating ghostly projections in the 18th century
- 5. Inventive gadget for controlled explosions, ancestor to fireworks
- 7. Obscure mechanical concept meaning a sudden breaking apart or separation
- 8. Lost gadget for mapping stars on a rotating circular chart
- 12. Early stereo sound technology before modern multiphonic audio
- 13. Ancient Greek term inspiring the idea of automated steering devices
- 15. Lost painting technique using oil-based photographic methods
- 16. First generation battery technology no longer in practical use
- 17. Obsolete electrical generator named after Greek for 'power'
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