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[narrator] Stuck between a superstitious past
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Strangest Things

Stuck betweena superstitious past and a scientific future, Merryweather's tempest...

[narrator] Stuck between
a superstitious past and a scientific future, Merryweather's tempest prognosticator is
simply mowed down by better inventions

Full Transcript

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[narrator] Stuck between a superstitious past
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and a scientific future,
00:00:05.996 --> 00:00:09.744
Merryweather's tempest prognosticator is simply mowed down by better inventions.
Duration
10 seconds
Views
19
Timestamp in Movie
00:39:24
Uploaded
May 30, 2025
Season
1
Episode
2
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 • E09 So although Babbage doesn't end up inventing the modern world, - Strangest Things 00:07
So although Babbage doesn't end up inventing the modern...
S01 • E10 [narrator] During the next decade, diodes grow a third wire. - Strangest Things 00:05
[narrator] During the next decade, diodes grow a third wire.
S01 • E07 Which is an astonishing coincidence given - Strangest Things 00:07
Which is an astonishing coincidence given
S01 • E05 It's a window into the incredible creativity - Strangest Things 00:07
It's a window into the incredible creativity
S01 • E10 Now tiny changes in the voltage of this third connection can change - Strangest Things 00:08
Now tiny changes in the voltage of this third connection can...
S01 • E08 [Tim] So Harrison's son takes the H4 - Strangest Things 00:14
[Tim] So Harrison's son takes the H4
S01 • E02 [Goodman] It's the telegraph that makes a big difference - Strangest Things 00:08
[Goodman] It's the telegraph that makes a big differenc...
S01 • E05 It's just a shame it completely fails to predict - Strangest Things 00:06
It's just a shame it completely fails to predict
S01 • E07 The mirror probably reaches Dee - Strangest Things 00:11
The mirror probably reaches Dee
S01 • E04 This means this technology has applications - Strangest Things 00:13
This means this technology has applications
S01 • E02 So you can start mapping what the conditions are in one place or other. - Strangest Things 00:04
So you can start mapping what the conditions are in one plac...
S01 • E02 And with those maps, - Strangest Things 00:08
And with those maps,
S01 • E08 [narrator] By the time Harrison finally receives his money, he is 80 years old. - Strangest Things 00:06
[narrator] By the time Harrison finally receives his money, ...
S01 • E07 [Ruth] There's no real surprise - Strangest Things 00:05
[Ruth] There's no real surprise
S01 • E04 [Corey] It seems that sometimes - Strangest Things 00:09
[Corey] It seems that sometimes
S01 • E10 Now I can send speech, I can send music, - Strangest Things 00:07
Now I can send speech, I can send music,
S01 • E08 He doesn't live to see marine chronometers - Strangest Things 00:06
He doesn't live to see marine chronometers
S01 • E02 [narrator] All that remains today of Merryweather's radical invention - Strangest Things 00:08
[narrator] All that remains today of Merryweather's rad...
S01 • E07 [narrator] This strange inky, black object - Strangest Things 00:13
[narrator] This strange inky, black object
S01 • E10 It has a profound impact - Strangest Things 00:14
It has a profound impact