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> Show me another widespread technology that exists since the late 1800s and that has not been completely replaced by another technology. There have got to be
by simonsarris 16y ago
> Show me another widespread technology that exists since the late 1800s and that has not been completely replaced by another technology.
There have got to be hundreds.
Traffic lights and air brakes, 1868
Four-stroke internal combustion engine, 1876
toilet paper, 1880
Rayon, 1884
Steam turbine, 1884
Gas-powered automobile and motorcycle, 1885
dish-washer, Coca-cola (is that an invention?), 1886
radar, contact lenses, 1887
AC motor/transformer, 1888
cordite, 1889
escalator, 1891
zipper, 1893
- adolph 16y agoWhat did people use before 1880?
- simonsarris 16y agoPeople wiped themselves with writing paper, wool, hemp, seashells, corn cobs, sponges, stones, small wooden planks, moss, snow, and their own hands. Pretty much anything. Of course some of these methods are still in use today, depending on where you look.
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- ez77 16y agoYou are forgetting about a 17th-century invention based on running water [1] which, by the way, to this day is considered by many to be significantly more hygienic than wiping. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bidet http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bidet
- Retric 16y agoThat somewhat depends on what you call a bike. A 1917 dandy horse http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dandy_horse http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dandy_horse looks much like a bike. Vs the first pedal-equipped bicycle, developed by Pierre Michaux, Pierre Lallement and the Olivier brothers in the 1860s.