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"Hey y'all, hold my beer and look at this!" There are [1] several non-aviation examples: - Blood transfusion - Steam-powered bicycles - Rotary printing press
by KineticLensman 9y ago
"Hey y'all, hold my beer and look at this!" There are [1] several non-aviation examples:
- Blood transfusion
- Steam-powered bicycles
- Rotary printing presses
- Submarines
- Luminescent paint
- Hi-speed jet-powered railcars
- Ropes /pulleys to help the user get out of bed
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_inventors_killed_by_their_own_inventions https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_inventors_killed_by_th...
- ithkuil 9y ago> - Steam-powered bicycles On a first read I though "yeah, sure, looks quite dangerous indeed", then I read: Sylvester H. Roper, inventor of the eponymous steam-powered bicycle, died of a heart attack or subsequent crash during a public speed trial in 1896. It is unknown whether the crash caused the heart attack or vice versa.
- Piskvorrr 9y agoThis seems to mean "killed in an interesting way". People killed by their inventions in petrol-based transportation seem to be too numerous even for a Wikipedia list: "yeah, people die in cars en masse, that's not really newsworthy."
- kpil 9y agoBest Wikipedia page ever!