Beginning in his youth John Muir displayed a knack for inventing things. He built many wood creations, like a combination alarm-clock study desk, an automatic cow feeder, and other interesting machines...
Like say... the "Early Rising Machine".
A bed that also worked as an alarm clock. The sleeper would set the built-in alarm clock before going to sleep. At the programmed time the mechanism would tilt the bed and toss the sleeper to the floor. (O'Grady)
Really?! Is that not the coolest/crudest thing you have ever heard?!
And his inventions are made almost entirely out of wood! IT IS INCREDIBLE!
The Wisconsin Historical Society has a number of photos of his inventions...
http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/turningpoints/search.asp?id=1581
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