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EP17 "Double-Barrel Cannon"
A design from the Civil War, for a double-barrelled cannon.
EP2 "Davis Life Pod"
The hosts test the patented designs of history's lost inventions.
EP2 "Syrian Torpedo"
The Re-Inventors construct the brainchild of the modern torpedo.
EP3 "Bourne Submarine"
William Bourne outlined the first working design for a submarine around 1580.
EP16 "Fire Fighting"
The Re-Inventors build and test two extinguisher designs from the past going beyond the use of water.
EP15 "Da Vinci Chariot"
Matt and Jeremy find out if Da Vinci's chariot could have found a place on the 15th-century battlefield.
EP14 "Da Vinci Tank"
The team attempts to build one of Da Vinci's most ambitious projects.
EP13 "Snow Annihilator"
The inventor of the Snow Annihilator claims the machine has all the answers to winter road maintenance and is tested against the Canadian winter.
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