Electric machines and light installations, mechanic sidewalks, ramps and escalators, metropolitan lines and hot air ballons were among the urban scale technological achievements showcased at the 1900 World Fair in Paris.
The excitement procured by the merveilles at the Exposition was so high that the concomitant Olympic Games came almost unnoticed by the public.
On an opposite (small) scale, the exposition also introduced the widely famous Matryoshka doll (Russian Nesting Doll).
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