The current technique was not created overnight.
Many people have a tendency to romanticize the twentieth century. Saying that the air was cleaner, the sky above, and the rivers flowed the rum tincture (adults) and milk and honey (for those who are still not allowed in bars). At that time, and in fact was created amazing inventions, many of which, somewhat transformed by modern realities, and came to our days. But most of the engineers came in his rush to benefit humanity to extremes. Now that a few striking examples.
Walking the ramp
This development was seen engineers elegant solution: the car was just picked up by the pedestrian special shovel is a perfect alternative to direct confrontation. The so-called “springboard” was invented in Paris, with the aim of reducing the number of deaths
Reading glasses
One of the most bizarre inventions of the early XX century was these glasses. They allow a person to read lying down without straining your neck. Unfortunately, the doctors found that in addition glasses much planted vision. Here is such a strange bonus lazy.
Eye massager
Another attempt to reduce eye fatigue. By 1924 people began to read quite a lot, there is a need to preserve the view. This strange massager did nothing but to advertise itself. However, the device is used in pretty high demand, to explain that only a placebo effect.
Insulator
Concentration? No question. The infirmary just didn’t give the man a chance to escape. The helmet blocked all external signals: the wearer of his employees could see a narrow strip in front of him and didn’t hear anything. Perfect!
Hardwood swimsuit
Now swim nearly every day but it was not always so. Till the first quarter of the twentieth century, swimming had remained a prerogative of the few. Even the sailors preferred not to be able to tread water in order not to suffer the shipwreck. Hardwood swimsuit was intended to solve the problem once and for all, to drown in him was absolutely impossible.
Motorized surfboard
While this invention has raised recently: enthusiasts have built almost the same surfboard, which was already created by our ancestors. In 1934, the Americans offered such boats as the analogues of the long detours around rivers. They say without removing the suit can quickly be on the other side.
Swimming mask
This horrifying mask looks really awful, but copes with its functions. It was intended to protect women’s faces from the sun — thing, which is good and normal sunscreen.
