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Forgotten Tools and Vintage Gadgets
Moderate difficulty suitable for most players
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  • 1. Device used to send scanned documents over telephone lines
  • 2. Technique for dry photocopying developed mid-20th century
  • 3. Sequence of photographic frames used for projection before digital media
  • 5. Mechanical device for producing printed letters on paper
  • 11. Traditional voice communication device before smartphones
  • 13. Ancient counting frame used before calculators
  • 14. Small folding knife once commonly used for sharpening quills
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  • 4. Machine used for weaving fabric before modern textile technologies
  • 6. Type of dial found on early telephones
  • 7. Early device to play sound recordings on vinyl or shellac discs
  • 8. Steerable airship used before airplanes dominated air travel
  • 9. Early communication system using coded electric signals
  • 10. Special tool for removing redundancy in metalwork (obsolete in common use)
  • 12. Made to mix air and fuel for an engine, now replaced by fuel injection
  • 15. Early brand synonymous with film cameras
  • 16. Device that captures images on film rather than digital sensors
  • 17. Old firing mechanism used in muskets and pistols

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