Re-named Inventions
Below are names of inventions you might have heard of, named and described differently by your colleagues!
Brigid Svartsdottir
The Tesorograph
A most curious invention made by the British inventor Alexander Graham Bell, who had before given us the marvelous telephone. It is rumoured he came up with the idea after he had lost his wedding ring in a park after a night out. Desperate to find his ring, lest he incur the wrath of his wife, Bell set out to create a machine that would allow him to retrieve this treasure. This most extraordinary tool consists of a cylinder-shaped metal box attached to a long pole. Inside the cylinder, an oscillator produces an alternating current, which creates a magnetic field. When the tesorograph passes over a piece of metal, the metal too creates its own magnetic field. This field is then picked up by the tesorograph, and a loud beeping sound alerts its operator to the treasure trove. It is in this way that Bell was able to retrieve his wedding ring. This writer however sees greater potential in this invention than simply the retrieval of petty baubles. Indeed, with some alterations this device could make the lives of miners much simpler indeed. We might even use it to detect hidden weaponry on people. Maybe we could even adapt this tesorograph to make it work underwater, where it could aid us in the retrieval of sunken treasure in shipwrecks. Ah, the possibilities!
A most curious invention made by the British inventor Alexander Graham Bell, who had before given us the marvelous telephone. It is rumoured he came up with the idea after he had lost his wedding ring in a park after a night out. Desperate to find his ring, lest he incur the wrath of his wife, Bell set out to create a machine that would allow him to retrieve this treasure. This most extraordinary tool consists of a cylinder-shaped metal box attached to a long pole. Inside the cylinder, an oscillator produces an alternating current, which creates a magnetic field. When the tesorograph passes over a piece of metal, the metal too creates its own magnetic field. This field is then picked up by the tesorograph, and a loud beeping sound alerts its operator to the treasure trove. It is in this way that Bell was able to retrieve his wedding ring. This writer however sees greater potential in this invention than simply the retrieval of petty baubles. Indeed, with some alterations this device could make the lives of miners much simpler indeed. We might even use it to detect hidden weaponry on people. Maybe we could even adapt this tesorograph to make it work underwater, where it could aid us in the retrieval of sunken treasure in shipwrecks. Ah, the possibilities!
Elizabeth Darby
Typofing
The 19th Century invention I have renamed is a typofing - this consists of a block of metal with spokes sticking out of it. There are six spokes, three on the left and three on the right. When a person presses down on the pads a bumped pattern is indented into a piece of paper slotted into the machine. The typofing was designed for individuals with no sight to communicate, to write instruction to themselves and to document life.
To use it the person selects the relevant pads to create the pattern of their choosing. They can select any combination of spokes. Bumped patterns are created formed of between one and six dots but those six dots would be contained in two columns or three rows only. Therefore the right hand spokes would create dots in the right hand column at the top, middle or bottom with the same pattern possible on the left. In order for their use of the typofing to be useful users need to understand what the patterns of bumps correspond to in terms of a letter or punctuation.
The paper printed with the bumped patterns can be used to label items contained in jars, to make reminders for recall at a later time or to write stories to later read to one’s children.
The 19th Century invention I have renamed is a typofing - this consists of a block of metal with spokes sticking out of it. There are six spokes, three on the left and three on the right. When a person presses down on the pads a bumped pattern is indented into a piece of paper slotted into the machine. The typofing was designed for individuals with no sight to communicate, to write instruction to themselves and to document life.
To use it the person selects the relevant pads to create the pattern of their choosing. They can select any combination of spokes. Bumped patterns are created formed of between one and six dots but those six dots would be contained in two columns or three rows only. Therefore the right hand spokes would create dots in the right hand column at the top, middle or bottom with the same pattern possible on the left. In order for their use of the typofing to be useful users need to understand what the patterns of bumps correspond to in terms of a letter or punctuation.
The paper printed with the bumped patterns can be used to label items contained in jars, to make reminders for recall at a later time or to write stories to later read to one’s children.
Prof. Tarma Amelia Black
Spring of Infinite Delights
This invention has many functioning parts, some large some small, and usually they are made of metal. Large metal canisters are set into special vats which are lined with ice, so that the contents of the canisters can remain at a very low, freezing, temperature. Other canisters are set on metal plates (over a wood-burning stove) so that the contents are, depending on the need, warm to hot. Yet a third series of canisters are kept adjacent to the iced vats so that they are chilled but not frozen. The canisters vary in size from one pint to several (5 or more) gallons.
This machine (unit) has also a functioning double sink with waters hot and cold piped to it. The various areas of the invention are adjacent to each other so that the person operating the invention can be efficient in performing the required functions. There are certain parts of the invention which are pressurized, said pressure to be applied to contents of some of the canisters. The idea behind the invention is to be able to combine the contents of the different canisters in many (and in an infinite) variety of ways. The ability to combine hot and cold, cold and semi-cold, different textures and contents, all add to the creation of something of delight to many and extremely profitable.
This invention has many functioning parts, some large some small, and usually they are made of metal. Large metal canisters are set into special vats which are lined with ice, so that the contents of the canisters can remain at a very low, freezing, temperature. Other canisters are set on metal plates (over a wood-burning stove) so that the contents are, depending on the need, warm to hot. Yet a third series of canisters are kept adjacent to the iced vats so that they are chilled but not frozen. The canisters vary in size from one pint to several (5 or more) gallons.
This machine (unit) has also a functioning double sink with waters hot and cold piped to it. The various areas of the invention are adjacent to each other so that the person operating the invention can be efficient in performing the required functions. There are certain parts of the invention which are pressurized, said pressure to be applied to contents of some of the canisters. The idea behind the invention is to be able to combine the contents of the different canisters in many (and in an infinite) variety of ways. The ability to combine hot and cold, cold and semi-cold, different textures and contents, all add to the creation of something of delight to many and extremely profitable.