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bobstafford Started conversation Apr 20, 2011
The First of thair kind sort this list into date order oldest first
The caterpillar tractor
The aquarium
The mechanical computer
The material viscose rayon
The diving suit
The first magazine
The marine screw propeller
the inventor and country of origin will get a DGI
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toybox Posted Apr 20, 2011
I'd say:
aquarium
marine screw propeller
magazine
mechanical computer
caterpillar tractor
material viscose rayon
diving suit
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toybox Posted Apr 20, 2011
Ah no, put "diving suit" between the marine screw and the magazine.
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Geggs Posted Apr 20, 2011
Would the mechanical computer be Charles Babbage's different engine? It's little more than a calculator in modern terms, really.
And the term 'computer' used to refer a person whose job it was to do lot of sums or computations.
Geggs
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toybox Posted Apr 20, 2011
You mean aquarium is on the right place, or I have one item correctly placed?
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U695218 Posted Apr 20, 2011
Leonardo designed a diving suit.(possibly the screw propellor too)
Would this(either of the above 2 qualify as 1st on the list?
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Geggs Posted Apr 20, 2011
I have this strange idea that Da Vinci designed the caterpillar tractor, too, but that sound a little bit too weird. But then again, so does almost everything about Leonardo.
Geggs
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bobstafford Posted Apr 20, 2011
You have 1 item in thr right place
Toybox ID comfirmed
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Geggs Posted Apr 20, 2011
Okay, here's my try:
The diving suit
The marine screw propeller
The caterpillar tractor
The aquarium
The mechanical computer
The first magazine
The material viscose rayon
Geggs
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bobstafford Posted Apr 20, 2011
Geggs you also have 1 in the correct place but a different 1 you moved toybox correct into incorrect
thinking time now
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shagbark Posted Apr 20, 2011
Try this
Aquarium
Marine Screw Propellar
Diving suit
Magazine
Mechanical Computer
Catepillar Tractor
Material viscose rayon.
oh and the last item rayon, if I remember it right was created by Herbert Dow (Dow Chemical Company) United States of America.
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Geggs Posted Apr 20, 2011
Not quite sure if it counts as an aquariuim, but wasn't there toilet that incorporated a fish tank? Possibly one of Thomas Crapper's own?
Geggs
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