On Sun, 01 Jul 2018 20:29:34 -0400, Wayne.B
wrote:

On Sun, 01 Jul 2018 14:23:30 -0400, wrote:

If you let me loose in the 19th century with all of my 20th century
knowledge I would be a millionaire, if not a god. ;-)

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What would you "invent" first? And would you be able to build it,
promote it, and sell it? A lot of the infrastructure for that sort of
thing, that we take for granted, would be missing. The past is
littered with brilliant inventors who couldn't get their product off
the ground even though it was superior.

I am not really sure what exact dates we are talking about because I
have not been paying much attention but I would try to consult with
someone I know who was successful (Sam Colt, Edison etc)
I also know enough about Edison to understand you are not getting rich
working for him but it would get you into the right circles. I
understand you can't just go down to Home Depot for materials so you
really need to get to know the people who were manufacturing things
I would certainly be coming up with things I know about that made my
life better and then just wait for my neighbors to beat a path to my
door.
The real money would be in bets you know you would win.