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Lost Wonders of Early Innovation
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Across
  • 1. Early method for creating yarn from fibers
  • 2. One of the first devices for human flight
  • 3. Modern material overshadowed by older foundational inventions
  • 4. Early printing process combining photography and lithography
  • 6. Mechanical device used in ancient warfare to hurl projectiles
  • 8. Ancient calculating tool using beads
  • 14. Navigation tool replaced by GPS, measures angles at sea
  • 17. Device used historically to weave cloth
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  • 5. Artifacts from an era of metal alloy inventions
  • 7. Famous ancient architectural invention with precise engineering
  • 9. Early shorthand writing device or method
  • 10. Ancient instrument once used to measure celestial positions
  • 11. Method of encoding messages before modern cryptography
  • 12. Early device to mix air and fuel for internal combustion engines
  • 13. Mechanical device for lifting heavy weights, often on ships
  • 15. Cord or chain used to restrict movement, essential in old inventions
  • 16. Primitive counting tool marked on sticks or wood

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