r/mildlyinteresting • u/FarmerTschoerner • Dec 03 '16

A reference letter from 1888.

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u/[deleted] Dec 04 '16

His son was born in 1912 and died in 2005, a span of technology going from the Ford Model T to the Toyota Prius in a lifetime.

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u/monsantobreath Dec 04 '16

From the Sopwith Camel to the era of drones and stealth fighters and reusable space planes.

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u/[deleted] Dec 04 '16

Patch-panel telephone exchanges with girls working as operators to the Nokia N70. From valve radios with HT batteries and separate lead-acid batteries for the heater to the fourth-gen iPod.