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Jun. 25th, 2015 at 7:26 PM
This weird piece of technology is a Herzog Teleseme, a complicated (and flawed) system that allowed guests in some 19th-c hotels to place really specific orders remotely: http://slate.me/1QovCMx
Bigger image at the link—the better to read possible requests ("Seltzer (Jug)"; "Hurry My Order"; "Attendant For My Fire").
(from Slate's The Vault blog)
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(In case my fire needs attending to...)
Then I must see about getting you one, for Christmas, perhaps...:P
(or perhaps just hire an attendant? :P)