The Future Of The Past
Predictions from 1900 about the year 2000. Notice how they focus on inventions relating to food.
People will live to the age of 50 instead of 35.
Cars will, like houses, be artificially cooled.
Peas and beans will be as large as beets are today.
There will be no C, X or Q in our everyday alphabet.
Hot or cold air will be turned on from spigots to regulate the temperature of a house as we now turn on hot or cold water from spigots to regulate the temperature of the bath.
Fast-flying refrigerators on land and sea will bring delicious fruits from the tropics and southern temperate zone within a few days.
Rats and mice will have been exterminated.
Fast electric ships, crossing the ocean at more than a mile a minute, will go from New York to Liverpool in two days.
People will live to the age of 50 instead of 35.
Cars will, like houses, be artificially cooled.
Peas and beans will be as large as beets are today.
There will be no C, X or Q in our everyday alphabet.
Hot or cold air will be turned on from spigots to regulate the temperature of a house as we now turn on hot or cold water from spigots to regulate the temperature of the bath.
Fast-flying refrigerators on land and sea will bring delicious fruits from the tropics and southern temperate zone within a few days.
Rats and mice will have been exterminated.
Fast electric ships, crossing the ocean at more than a mile a minute, will go from New York to Liverpool in two days.
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