On 12 February 2013 23:41, David Gerard <dgerard(a)gmail.com> wrote:
On 12 February 2013 23:05, Carcharoth
<carcharothwp(a)googlemail.com> wrote:
It's interesting. If you were in 1890, and you got ten minutes' access
to an Encyclopedia Britannica from 1990 - what would you look up?
"gold" perhaps in the hope of finding where future reserves would be.
In terms of technology I guess Horseless carriage, telephone, and
railroad for the more practically minded.
For the more fanciful (or at least those in touch with sci-fi pulp or
otherwise) Time travel, Steam man, space travel.
Bit early for Free silver.
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geni