Antique German Desk... 200 yrs. old, built with no electricity or power tools! Unbelievable ingenuity!

Built by Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen German physicist detector of electromagnetic radiation in a wavelength range known as X-rays or Röntgen rays, and earned him the first Nobel Prize in Physics in 1901.

https://www.youtube.com/embed/MKikHxKeodA?rel=0&vq=highres

Max.

 

Truly amazing.

 

I'd be curious to see the techniques that were used. Not that I want to take the time to learn them, but I love watching skilled craftsmen. Check out the glass-blower videos you can find online. It's hypnotizing.

 

Another I always found brilliant, most may have seen it already but...

If it does not show look up The Writer by Droz Utube.
Max.

 

Another I always found brilliant, most may have seen it already but...

If it does not show look up The Writer by Droz Utube.
Max.

That is amazing? I wonder why he chose to move the paper as opposed to the arm? Alignment issues maybe?

I wonder if there were any automated machines used in printing back then?

 

I guess that's what you did with a thousand idle hours, 200 years ago. Now the kiddies have Arduinos.

 

An hour and a half to wind a clock!

https://www.youtube.com/embed/Qad6Q_RbQQ0?rel=0&vq=highres

Over 40 Boeing 737's a month.

https://www.youtube.com/embed/SE71NJl-naY?autoplay=1&vq=highres
Max.

 

Over 40 Boeing 737's a month.

https://www.youtube.com/embed/SE71NJl-naY?autoplay=1&vq=highres
Max.

If they move that fast they should have no problem turning out 40 in a day. What the hell are they doing the rest of the time or did they just move that fast one time for the video?

 

An hour and a half to wind a clock!

https://www.youtube.com/embed/Qad6Q_RbQQ0?rel=0&vq=highres

Apparently England has not heard of the electric m0tor!

This is the only Big Ben that matters today. Go Steelers! Will Ben be on time?