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Forgotten Tools and Ancient Gadgets
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  • 1. Message-sending device using Morse code dots and dashes
  • 2. Machine used historically for stamping patterns on fabric
  • 3. Time-telling tool that uses shadows cast by the sun
  • 7. Feather pen for writing before modern fountain pens
  • 9. Early machine that played sound recordings on discs or cylinders
  • 14. Laundry aid for pressing and wringing out water from clothes
  • 16. Horse-drawn wheeled vehicle used before automobiles
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  • 4. Name sometimes used for an obsolete airship or gentle breeze-powered craft
  • 5. Ancient counting frame used before calculators
  • 6. Device used to twist fibers into thread before industrial machines
  • 8. Public booth for calls, now mostly replaced by mobiles
  • 10. Early system using air pressure to send messages underground
  • 11. Single-wheeled cart once vital for manual loads
  • 12. Hand-cranked early movie projector device
  • 13. Mechanical precursor to the modern computer keyboard
  • 15. Early form of moving image device, a precursor to modern cinema
  • 17. Early suction device for clearing drains, now common but often replaced by modern tools

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