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- 2. Main Street in Eureka Springs was often called “Mud Street” in the early days. This may have inspired Mrs.Frances _______ to harness the power of steam to clean her long skirts and petticoats with her 1891 invention.
- 5. Charlatan Norman Baker allegedly made his first million dollars by replacing dangerous steam power with compressed air in his “Calliaphones”. Baker appreciated innovative engineering, which is why he drove a rare front-wheel drive automobile made by ______, the first to feature hidden headlights.
- 6. Nikola Tesla is considered by many to be the godfather of modern electronic wizardry, and the museum is proud to own one of his amazing inventions, which was used by local doctor ______ F. John to treat skim blemishes.
- 7. Churning out useful time-saving machines wasn’t a pastime restricted just to famous inventors like Tesla, Bell, and Edison. Often, enterprising individuals were inspired by back-breaking labor and sore muscles to create gadgets and machines that could spare them some time and pain. Other times, it was at the request of their spouse, as is the case with the homemade electric device you can see in our Pioneer Room, built by Dr. James Hardy _____.
- 8. Steampunk fans would have to trade their top hat and coat for a tightly wrapped towel around their neck to receive the steamy benefits of this device, patented in 1937 by the A.B. ______ Manufacturing Corporation of Indiana.
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- 1. You might think your goggles are neat, but the king of all optical gadgets inside the museum is the __________ patented by the Keystone View Company in 1904.
- 3. Long before push button technology was widely adapted, connections were established using a rotary wheel on this device that was once used inside the 1886 ______ Hotel.
- 4. This pedal-powered music maker was manufactured by the Farrand & ______ Company of Detroit in 1900.