Patent for a Fire Escape Parachute

Strangely, this clever invention by Benjamin Oppenheimer never became popular. It looks like an excellent way to escape a burning building. The system consists of a parachute strapped to the head and padded shoes to ease the impact with the ground. What could possibly go wrong?

Link -via Weird Universe


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You describe Queen Elizabeth as 'the country's ruler'.

This is not so.

QE11 is the monarch of the United Kingdom and Northern Ireland [southern Ireland - now called Eire - having gained independence many years ago].

The UK is ruled by parliament and politicians, not by the monarch.

Michael Phillips
Leeds, England
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kj, what's confusing about having copies of the original? There were copies of the Declaration of Independence. And the Magna Carta. People did backups of important documents long before computers existed. Except Moses didn't have a backup of the Ten Commandments and had to go back for another original.
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@johhny cat. it is Queen Elizabeth in the bust, Queen Victoria was mentioned as the first queen to appear on the stamp.

Pretty academic really as it's Queen Elizabeth II and she isn't the countries ruler.
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