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Lost Marvels of Obsolete Devices
Moderate difficulty suitable for most players
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  • 1. Art of decorating wood or leather with burned designs
  • 2. Ship powered by steam engine, prominent before diesel era
  • 3. Tool for measuring dimensions in mechanical work
  • 7. An early steam-powered road vehicle
  • 8. Machine once used to separate grain from stalks
  • 10. Predecessor to the record player, playing sound from discs
  • 11. Early form of covered passage often with shops or machines
  • 12. Used historically in early thermometers and electrical contacts
  • 14. Invented for long-distance transmission of coded messages
  • 15. Writing instrument made from a bird's feather
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  • 4. Rare 19th-century optical invention for light focusing
  • 5. Tool for removing pencil marks, once made from bread or wax
  • 6. Weapon projecting burning fuel, used mostly in early wars
  • 9. Thomas Edison’s invention for recording and replaying sound
  • 13. Ancient tool for solving problems related to the stars
  • 16. Early device used to tell time by shadows
  • 17. Method or device used to encode secret messages
  • 18. Device used for spinning fibers into thread or yarn

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