12 impressive objects from the past, whose design and purpose can greatly surprise (12 photos)

Time is cyclical, so those things that were invented in past centuries will certainly become relevant again in the future. It is so? Of course not! Only if used as historically important objects or material for memes.





We invite you to look at objects from the past of varying degrees of distance from today, which have an interesting purpose, often impractical from the point of view of the present, and no less impressive appearance.

An example of a pool with a case carried by salesmen from the 1960s



Victorian conversation chair, Europe, 19th century





Malling-Hansen writing ball, the earliest form of typewriter, 1865



Reverend Malling-Hansen, director of the Royal Institute of the Deaf and Mutes in Copenhagen, designed his unique ergonomic typewriter to help his students “speak with their fingers.”

Huge bronze multi-barreled Mughal cannon, 18th century



Now in a museum in India.

Another seller's suitcase. This time showing neon lights. 1935



Silver jug ​​from 1902, holding 4500 liters of water



Cast from 345 kg of silver.

Incense burner covered with rose quartz, Qing Dynasty, 1736-1796



2.7 mm "Hummingbird" - the smallest small arms in history



Created in 1910 by Austrian watchmaker Franz Pfannl as a weapon for women.

And 10 years later, she was born...

Dangerous women's powder compact from the 1920s



Bronze Age Lures from Denmark. These horns are wind instruments cast in bronze 3,000 years ago.



They are usually found in pairs. 39 of them were recovered from peat bogs where they are believed to have been placed as offerings.

First aid kit with 7 glass ampoules - with ether, cocaine, morphine and caffeine. France, 1900-1910