This is the oldest wooden staircase discovered to date in Europe, maybe even in the world. This 3100-year-old wooden staircase was found at Hallstatt salt mine in northern Austria, it's 8 m long and 1.20 wide, and is representative of the construction typical of the Bronze Age.
It does not conform to OSHA or modern safety standards at all!
Continental Four-barrel Flintlock Pistol, c. late 18th century, iron butt and frame engraved with foliate designs, four rifled barrels, two hammers, and four steels.
American inventor Harry L. Bowdoin and his creation "submarine armor" with car headlights on each arm on August 17, 1931.
It took Bowdoin 12 years to build and perfect the suit, which in the end weighed 1,400 pounds and was all too often described in the press as a "robot."
A boxing match on board the USS Oregon in 1897
