Tag: invention

Vester’s safety coffins, also known as “security coffins,” were designed by Franz Vester in the late 19th century. These coffins aimed to prevent premature burial…

Numerous strange baby devices came out in the early part of the 20th century, and nearly all of them looked like medieval torture devices. It…

The 19th century was an amazing time of growth, discoveries, and inventions. Looking back, we can see that people were hell bent on making a…

Here is an unusual invention involving running liquids through a tube over a person’s forehead to get them to sleep. It sounds and looks pretty…

Some inventions, like this slot machine automated for sending mail, seem to complicate a simple process. Instead of plopping on a stamp and sending the…

This 1912 article about a “new” sort of vehicle covers an invention that appears to be almost like something out of a video game and…

Long before people knew that asbestos could cause malignant peritoneal mesothelioma, they made the craziest stuff with it. Since it was fireproof, a Philadelphia tailor…

Here is a 1912 article about a young man who invented a rat trap. The farm boy had no formal training and had never been…

Being an inventor is a rough field. People will try to steal your ideas, copy what you have done, and ultimately screw you over in…