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[narrator] Locked away in a store room at London Science Museum
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Strangest Things

Locked away in a storeroom at London Science Museum is a genuine 19th centurymiracle...

[narrator] Locked away in a store
room at London Science Museum is a genuine 19th century
miracle machine, a 180-year-old mechanical engine that solves complex
mathematical equations

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[narrator] Locked away in a store room at London Science Museum
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is a genuine 19th century miracle machine,
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a 180-year-old mechanical engine
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that solves complex mathematical equations.
Duration
14 seconds
Views
29
Timestamp in Movie
00:28:09
Uploaded
May 30, 2025
Season
1
Episode
9
Genres
documentary
Production
A+E Networks,Blink Films

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Movie Summary

From a piece of meteorite found in Tutankhamun's tomb to the Crown of Thorns, explore some of the most perplexing and unusual objects lying hidden away in museums, laboratories and storage rooms.
S01 • E08 It stands just 24 and a half inches tall. - Strangest Things 00:04
It stands just 24 and a half inches tall.
S01 • E05 It's roughly twice the size of an iPad - Strangest Things 00:06
It's roughly twice the size of an iPad
S01 • E03 Its fingers are fully articulated, - Strangest Things 00:09
Its fingers are fully articulated,
S01 • E08 Its mechanical skeleton is made from brass, bronze and steel, - Strangest Things 00:08
Its mechanical skeleton is made from brass, bronze and steel...
S01 • E10 Of something like 270 locations all over Europe - Strangest Things 00:19
Of something like 270 locations all over Europe
S01 • E01 [narrator] NASA wants people to know that they got more for their - Strangest Things 00:07
[narrator] NASA wants people to know that they got more for ...
S01 • E06 You can climb the 422 steps - Strangest Things 00:12
You can climb the 422 steps
S01 • E02 [bell dinging] - Strangest Things 00:07
[bell dinging]
S01 • E05 [Mark] It has this intricate metalwork - Strangest Things 00:05
[Mark] It has this intricate metalwork
S01 • E04 He has created an unjammable guidance system, - Strangest Things 00:06
He has created an unjammable guidance system,
S01 • E07 A letter dating to 1639 - Strangest Things 00:06
A letter dating to 1639
S01 • E05 [Kevin] This complex item features a range of sliders - Strangest Things 00:08
[Kevin] This complex item features a range of sliders
S01 • E01 They want to show that the mission has scientific value as well. - Strangest Things 00:05
They want to show that the mission has scientific value as w...
S01 • E08 Its decorated face has four dials with strange double ended hands, - Strangest Things 00:16
Its decorated face has four dials with strange double ended ...
S01 • E09 Built more than 100 years before the first electronic computer, - Strangest Things 00:07
Built more than 100 years before the first electronic comput...
S01 • E04 [Corey] But convincing the skeptical scientists - Strangest Things 00:06
[Corey] But convincing the skeptical scientists
S01 • E01 Armstrong and Aldrin were there for just 21 hours. - Strangest Things 00:05
Armstrong and Aldrin were there for just 21 hours.
S01 • E03 Its owner, Gotz Von Berlichingen made extravagant claims for this device. - Strangest Things 00:07
Its owner, Gotz Von Berlichingen made extravagant claims for...
S01 • E07 According to the letter, - Strangest Things 00:07
According to the letter,
S01 • E01 Now, in that time, they did use some of the things we've seen, - Strangest Things 00:04
Now, in that time, they did use some of the things we'v...