Jean-Michel Hatton · @thejoliesfleurs
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Rrrroooo… Étonnantes découvertes que l’on peut faire en ouvrant une bouteille d’un vin inconnu (qui, pour moi, sont un peu comme une de ces explorations à l’ancienne)🍷 … Ici, donc, un schéma « d’hélicoptère à vapeur —1861
Vicomte G. de Ponton d’Amecourt » 🌠

#vin #vigneron #bordeaux #vindebordeaux #france #terroir #inventions

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Annica 🇸🇪 · @nemorosa
298 followers · 1535 posts · Server mastodon.nu

Tell me about your favourite invention, and why it changed your life.

#ingenuity #inventions

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Matthew Rimmer · @drrimmer
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Art Pouet · @artpouet
11 followers · 3 posts · Server piaille.fr

Un livre que j'ai adoré quand j'étais petit, avec plein d'illustrations.

Les inventions de la nature et la « bionique ». Auteur : Yves Coisneau et les dessins de Biruta Kresling, architecte.
Édité chez Hachette en 1989.

D'autres livres passionnants sur :bionique.artbite.fr/Nager-sans

#bionique #nature #biodiversite #biodiversity #natural #livres #inventions #education #Science

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Godfrey642 · @Godfrey642
278 followers · 2679 posts · Server aus.social

@Wolfie_Rankin Id highly recommend "The Mother of Invention" by Katrin Marcal which speaks about just that kind of thing. that weren't taken up by manufacturers bc they weren't "manly" - like wheels on suitcases..

In 1960-70s when ppl had more money for international travel it was the man's job to lug 2 x 25kg suitcases for the family holiday. Product designers spent time making more comfortable handles; god forbid wheels!! Only rich women travelled alone and they'd buy a porter.

Then as became accessible for modern single women, a Danish company invented wheels on a cabin bag that AIRCREW were seen using. The image became that of smart successful men in uniforms using small versatile suitcases.. the rest is history.

#inventions #travel

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Laceys House · @LaceysHouse
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꧁~Cea~꧂ · @alcea
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THE GREATEST NECESSITY OF THE AGE – THE HISTORY OF TOILET PAPER?

Have you ever wondered why it's customary to shake hands with the right hand? Humans have not always enjoyed the luxury of 4 ply cloud soft cushion. The finest man in toilet paper security (Mr Whipple) knows this, and that's exactly why he implored: "PLEASE, DON'T SQUEEZE THE CHARMIN!".

Aside from the left-hand, some of the first tools used for "throne" hygiene, are listed below. Just a submission from the archives of that clutters my mind. Someone said "useless trivia" was the hashtag game today. Maybe they were stoned.

Thousands of years ago, Hygiene sticks, known as salaka, cechou and chugi were used. Many were basically a sponge on a stick.
For the longest time, the Sears catalog was a favorite, as well as another publication. Have you ever wondered why the "Farmers Almanac" has a punch-hole in the top corner? This was the reason. The hole was "punched" so the magazine could be hung on a hook in the outhouse. Not kidding. Later, something called Apothecary paper was marketed but, people began to use this invention as stationary because of the quality of the paper. This paved the way for the more modern version of toidy tissue textiles.

Touted as:
"The Greatest Necessity of the Age", in 1857, Joseph Gayetty introduced:

"GAYETTY'S MEDICATED PAPER FOR THE WATER CLOSET"

The image and article below tells the rest. Considering the other options, can you think of any better invention? Given a choice between toilet paper and the internet... my clean behind and I, would miss all of you very much.

history.com/news/toilet-paper-

OutOfExile_IDR © 2022

#UselessTrivia #humor #toiletpaper #inventions #hygiene #relief #bathroom #jocularistians #bathroomhumor #lavatory #restroom #pitstop #hashtaggames

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Hacker News · @ycombinator
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Jo Rhodes · @stuffjolikes
202 followers · 496 posts · Server climatejustice.social

A big shout out to Pat my dear friend and colleague @patsypcp who has just joined us on here.. a woman of many talents and interests including very handy with She is about to launch a on and will be able to make some great contributions to the fabulous as she has and a beautiful blind too 🐔🐾 😃

#inventions #crafting #felting #trekkie #quizzes #diy #powertools #Podcast #invisibledisability #chickensofmastodon #dogsofmastodon #rescuehens #spaniel

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Francis Ho · @Sunfishstanford
857 followers · 288 posts · Server hachyderm.io

When we talk about the press (“press pass”, “freedom of the press”), we probably are not thinking of the printing press and movable type. The inventions of the printing press (Germany, AD 1440) and movable type (China, AD 1040), together with technologies such as paper and eyeglasses, led to the first information revolution, which eventually led to social media and Mastodon.

#technology #inventions

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Hacker News · @ycombinator
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Hacker News · @ycombinator
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Ariadne · @ariadne
874 followers · 311 posts · Server climatejustice.social

Industrial Revolution iron method ‘was taken from Jamaica by Briton’ - Wrought iron process that drove UK success was appropriated from black metallurgists, records suggest"

"An innovation that propelled Britain to become the world’s leading iron exporter during the Industrial Revolution was appropriated from an 18th-century Jamaican foundry, historical records suggest.

The Cort process, which allowed wrought iron to be mass-produced from scrap iron for the first time, has long been attributed to the British financier turned ironmaster Henry Cort ... Now, an analysis of correspondence, shipping records and contemporary newspaper reports reveals the innovation was first developed by 76 black Jamaican metallurgists at an ironworks near Morant Bay, Jamaica. Many of these metalworkers were enslaved people trafficked from west and central Africa, which had thriving iron-working industries at the time.

Dr Jenny Bulstrode, a lecturer in history of science and technology at University College London (UCL) and author of the paper, said: “This innovation kicks off Britain as a major iron producer and … was one of the most important innovations in the making of the modern world.”

theguardian.com/science/2023/j

#bipoc #slavery #enslaved #colonialism #jamaica #metallurgy #iron #ironmaking #uk #britain #industrialrevolution #industrial #manufacturing #africa #africans #inventions #innovation

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! Quite Interesting · @notqikipedia
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In 1974, Arthur Paul Pindick invented the golf tee, forgetting that they already existed.

#sport #golf #tee #inventions #innovation

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Hacker News · @ycombinator
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Medievalists.net · @medievalists
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TheChive Bot · @thechive
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