The great promise of the 20th century was that everything would one day be operated bypush - button . Even hunting was speculate to become automatic , as you could see in the invention above from 1922 .
The May 1922 issue of Science and Invention magazine included this gadget which assure “ hunt down without firearms . ” A telegraph key was wired to some shelling , a spark coil , and a shotgun pickup . With enough wire , the equipment would become the ultimate otiose - hunter ’s ambition . Or that was the idea .
One ca n’t help but envisage the nightmare scenario where an unfortunate passer gets sprayed with buckshot when Little Johnny discovers the telegraphy key his numskull father install in the baby’s room .
From the May 1922 effect of Science and Invention :
A piece of brand adjust to defend a duck shot magazine is clamped to any immovable object such as the limb of a tree , and directed toward bait placed on another offset . If worthy , several of these sword barrels may be employed . The cartridge is then punch near its pulverized end , and two small nail or pieces of pointed alloy rod are inserted . Copper wire are twist around these nails , and then contribute downwards along the trunk of the tree . At the beginning of the tree a one - quarter column inch arc coil is fix , and the conducting wire from the pickup are attached to the subaltern terminals . A storehouse battery is placed alongside of the arc coil or dry cellular phone may be employed . Two wires then lead away to the remote key . The raspberry may now be keep thru telescopes , field glasses , or just the naked eye , and the key press pronto !
Needless to say , you in all probability should n’t try this at home .
mental image : Scanned from the May 1922 issue of Science and Invention magazine
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