Category Archives: Inventions

Malleus Maleficarum (The Witch Hammer): the Inquisition’s guide to the diagnosis, behavior, trial, and punishment of witches.

Posted on October 29, 2017 by hystoria.ca

The guide on how to exterminate witches also translates to “Hammer of Witches“, was written by a Catholic clergyman, Heinrich Kramer and published under his Latin name, Henricus Institoris, in Speyer, Germany, 1487. Kramer’s book was the #1 best seller – … Continue reading →

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Dai Vernon – The Man Who Fooled Houdini

Posted on August 24, 2016 by hystoria.ca

Dai Vernon (June 11, 1894 – August 21, 1992) – born David Frederick Wingfield Verner, in Ottawa,Canada, was and still is known for his contributions to the world of magic. Vernon’s interest in magic was passed down to him … Continue reading →

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A World Discovered: Unit 1

Posted on June 21, 2016 by hystoria.ca

A World Discovered – by L.A ‘Code’ & E. L. Daniher Illustrated by M. ‘Lovejoy’ & S. Flannery Published by J.M. Dent & Sons Worldcat Identities: A World … Continue reading →

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Edison’s Talking Dolls: “Little Monsters”

Posted on June 17, 2016 by hystoria.ca

A government laboratory has worked a way to play back the recordings on fragile wax cylinders, which were the working vocals of the dolls made by Thomas Edison in 1890. Edison employed an army of hundreds of girls, (according to … Continue reading →

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Mechanical Tables: For All Occasions – Including Gaming

Posted on June 11, 2016 by hystoria.ca

Sometimes, nothing needs to be said. Watch and enjoy. A key transforms this table into a desk, 18th Century Getty Museum Jean-François Oeben’s Mechanical table, c. 1761–63 Metropolitan Museum Demonstration of the Roentgens’ dressing table, believed to … Continue reading →

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Mouse Killed by 150-Year-Old Trap in English Museum Display

Posted on February 7, 2016 by hystoria.ca

A mouse was apparently killed by a 150-year-old trap inside a museum display in the United Kingdom, officials said. Staff at the Museum of Rural Life in Reading, England got an email saying that a dead mouse was found in … Continue reading →

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Listen To The Earliest Known Piano

Posted on February 5, 2016 by hystoria.ca

The earliest known surviving piano was created by Italian inventor Bartolomeo Cristofori di Francesco (May 4, 1655 – January 27, 1731). It is kept within the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York with two other existing creations of Cristofori. He … Continue reading →

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Documentary – Guys & Dolls: Men Who Prefer Life-like Dolls Over Real-life Women

Posted on February 1, 2016 by hystoria.ca

In the 2008 movie “Lars and the Real Girl” Ryan Gosling plays a man who introduces a life sized doll as his girlfriend and takes her everywhere, eventually gaining the town’s acceptance. A year before that movie put so-called “real … Continue reading →

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Vagina Fragrance Beads – Womb Detox

Posted on January 24, 2016 by hystoria.ca

Potpourri is not meant for the vagina and, in fact, can cause adverse effects. If you want to detox your womb, do so by ingesting green tea which is used by many to detox the whole body – not just your … Continue reading →

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Record of a Sneeze – An Edison Kinetoscopic Film

Posted on January 9, 2016 by hystoria.ca

The video you’re about to watch is the first movie to be copyrighted in the United States by The Edison Manufacturing Company – a company organized in 1889 by inventor and entrepreneur Thomas Edison. Record Of A Sneeze, was filmed … Continue reading →

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