I will admit to having personally fantasized and planned what I would do with my knowledge of modern technology should I be somehow transported through time. First, with the help of a local smithy, I invent the steam engine to kick start the industrial revolution. Then, I invent guns to uphold law in Steamerica, my newly christened steam-empire, and rule with a hot, vaporous fist.

For those of you who aren’t quite as prepared, TopatoCo has prepared a primer that will allow you to recreate the biggest technological advances of the last thousand years or so. You’ll never have to do without: Electromagnets, Radio, Pasteurization, Antibiotics, Airplanes, and more.

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