Google Books now hasPopular Science‘s entire archive on the web for free, so we thought we’d take a look and what was new and hot in 1928. Check it out! Prototype teakettles with LIDS. So you can clean ’em! Is that a mop with a wringer? Shut up! Oh, and check out this new thing you can kneel on when scrubbing your floors.

When you’re done with that, spin your salad with this crazy French thing and then use this weird bumpy knife to cut an orange. You’ll realize the future is now as you unplug your toaster or vacuum without needing to yank on the cord. Yay, science!

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