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Obscure Innovations Lost in Time
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  • 1. Apparition or illusion often linked to early vision devices
  • 2. Powered by compressed air, used in forgotten engine designs
  • 3. Early 20th-century slang for a cheap or small vehicle invention
  • 4. Polyhedral shape used in early geometric devices or dice
  • 5. Originally invented as a wax drawing tool, now common but once novel
  • 6. Tool for precise measurement, common now but once crucial innovation
  • 7. French-origin word for a pendulum clock, early timekeeping device
  • 10. Ancient steam-powered spinning device, precursor to turbines
  • 13. Ancient torsion-powered siege engine used in warfare
  • 15. Sealed vessel used in alchemy and early chemistry processes
  • 17. Portable keyboard instrument, overshadowed by modern music tech
  • 18. Early attempt at a transmitting telescope device
Down
  • 8. Ancient device or concept related to harnessing solar power
  • 9. Mechanical figure designed to mimic human actions
  • 11. Related to early firework and explosive devices for signalling
  • 12. Short for horticultural inventions linked to garden improvements
  • 14. Object believed to have magical powers, used as protective invention
  • 16. Instrument for measuring light intensity, once rare and forgotten
  • 19. Design element retained from predecessors, linked to obsolete tech

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