live surrounded by objects whose purposes are usually obvious. A phone charges wirelessly. A remote control has buttons. A curtain opens with a simple track. A clock runs on a battery.
Older homes were different.
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They contained mechanical systems that depended on pulleys, chains, springs, counterweights, gears, and gravity.
When those systems disappeared, their components often remained behind.
That is why discoveries like this can be so fascinating. An object that looks like a strange piece of Christmas decoration may actually be a
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