Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2024/05/21/the-genius-of-this-automatic-candle-snuffer-from-1841.html
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…strikes one as significantly more reliable than the ‘modern high-tech’ solution presented here by the delightful Tim Rowett of Grand Illusions, just after the black passive one here:
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Candle technology, is truly advanced technology. I never knew the wick needed to curl a certain way as well.
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An elegantly simple and beautiful thing.
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… and, if one is patient, entertaining. Wait for the snap!
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Bet those made people jump once in a while XD XD
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The sudden lights out might have been startling too.
(“I’ve got the lights on timers to make burglars think someone is home.” 
)
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1841
Children in nightshirts, getting ready for bed…
[snap!]
… jump!!
Father: “No need to fear, little ones. That was just your Uncle Josiah, gracing us with a visit.”
Children: “But he’s deeaaaad!!”
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