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A Hat To Protect the Wearer from Falling Bricks



From The Strand magazine, 1895.
Posted By: Alex | Date: Thu May 17, 2012 | Number of Comments: 3
Category: Inventions, Headgear
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Ah, those wacky 19th century inventors. What will they think of next?
Posted by KDP in Madill, OK on 05/17/12 at 11:10 AM
Weird is ageless and timeless.
Posted by patty in Ohio, USA on 05/17/12 at 02:03 PM
Somehow, I can't imagine the odds of a hit being so perfectly aligned to allow this mechanism to be even partially functional. Then there's the matter of the reactive force to the wearer.
Posted by Expat47 in Prague, CZ on 05/17/12 at 10:16 PM
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