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The Imaginative Inventor

19th c. inventions demonstrating the (sometimes excessive) imagination of the inventor.

Note: Inventions featured on these pages are judged only for imagination shown by the inventor, not for practicality, usefulness, or workability. We do not endorse or recommend these inventions. However, we do marvel at them.

1. medical mystery invention

2. foot powered harvester

3. Gravimotor roller skate

4. Detecting icebergs in the fog

5. Device for driving fence posts

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