15 Most Interesting lost Pieces of Technologies

Stradivari Violins

One lost technology of the 1700s is the process through which famed Stradivari violins and other stringed instruments were built. The technique for building Stradivari instruments was a family secret known only by patriarch Antonio Stradivari and his sons. Once they died, the secret died with them, but this hasn’t stopped some people to try and redevelop it.

Maize

Corn didn’t always look like the one you eat today. Biologists do not even know the original crop that was used to breed the variety we all love today. Mexican farmers bred the crop for over 1000 years to get the corn as we know today.

But the parent plant that was used to breed this variety still remains a mystery.

The Iron Pillar of Delhi

Standing at the center of the Quwwatul Mosque the Iron Pillar is one of Delhi's most curious structures. Dating back to 4th century A.D., the pillar bears an inscription which states that it was erected as a flagstaff in honour of the Hindu god, Vishnu, and in the memory of the Gupta King Chandragupta.

How the pillar moved to its present location remains a mystery.

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