Mystery Gadget 47

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Posted By: Paul - Mon Apr 17, 2017
Category: Technology | 1920s

Comments

Huh. I was right. How did that happen???

Posted by TheCannyScot on 04/17/17 at 07:20 AM

So, it's not a sewing machine for extremely fine work?

Posted by KDP on 04/17/17 at 08:35 AM

As soon as I saw that card printer, I thought it might be a primitive lie detector.

Posted by Fritz G on 04/17/17 at 08:43 AM

I thought lie detector, too. Although, the picture with the seated subject makes it look like it could double as an electric chair.

Posted by Virtual on 04/17/17 at 09:59 AM

Finally I got one of these exactly right.

Posted by Steve E. on 04/17/17 at 02:04 PM

Lie detectors in films still look like the successor to this one, that's why I guessed it, too.

Posted by Richard Bos on 04/19/17 at 11:55 AM

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