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Light Plants “These “Generators, or
Light Plants “These “Generators, or power plants filled a need from the 1890s to the 1940s for electricity for the home and farm after electric lighting and appliances were readily available but Power was not available to rural locations. The dates are not firm some of these Light Plants are still in use in the…
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Graham Barker’s Navel Fluff Page
Graham Barker’s Navel Fluff Page “They say if you do something every day for three weeks it becomes an ingrained habit, and thats what happened with collecting navel fluff. The ritual of removing fluff from my navel and putting it in a jar prior to my daily shower soon became a habit, and now that…
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Kilokat’s Antique Light Bulb Collector’s
Kilokat’s Antique Light Bulb Collector’s Site “This site was first created in November of 1997 with the hope of meeting other light bulb and vacuum tube collectors on the net. Over the years I’ve met some great people through this site and have added many interesting things to my collection and have helped other collectors…
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The Old Calculators Web Museum
The Old Calculators Web Museum “My pages aren’t fancy, focusing on content rather than frilly Web-tricks. These pages are simply devoted to preserving the technology of calculating machines — from the old mechanical calculators of the ’40’s and ’50’s, through the beginnings of the ‘pocket’ calculator in the mid ’70’s, I’m trying to preserve and…
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Magic Lantern Castle Museum “The
Magic Lantern Castle Museum “The Magic Lantern is the earliest form of slide projector. The first published image of the device appeared in Ars Magna Lucis et Umbrae, by Athanasius Kircher in the late 1600’s. Images were painted on glass and projected on walls, cloth drapes, and, sometimes, on a wet cloth from behind the…
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Unusual Museums of the Internet
Unusual Museums of the Internet Web Ring “Here you will find some of the most unusual sites, museums, and collections available anywhere, on or off the Internet.”