Thursday, February 18, 2010

FOR THE PERSON WHO HAS EVERYTHING


Built in 1877 by two brothers from Brooklyn, this whacky alarm gave new meaning to the phrase “when the clock strikes…” Because it quite literally, struck a match at the desired wake-up time. The match then swung around and lit an oil lamp, which brightened the room until the slumbering sleeper woke up, or, alternately burned to death.

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