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Name this device
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Mon Dec 23, 2013 9:27 am
by SJ Lambert
Re: Name this device
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Mon Dec 23, 2013 9:42 am
by AlfaLofa
Henry
Re: Name this device
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Mon Dec 23, 2013 9:55 am
by john.p.clegg
If that's a roll of cling-film at the bottom ,I'll guess it's a sausage packing machine...
John
Re: Name this device
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Mon Dec 23, 2013 11:01 am
by 69S4
Well whatever it is the Chinese'll do it for half the price
Re: Name this device
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Mon Dec 23, 2013 11:34 am
by ken ob
Is it the clock used by multiverse theorists ?
Ken
Re: Name this device
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Mon Dec 23, 2013 11:44 am
by Apx
cement mixer drive
Re: Name this device
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Mon Dec 23, 2013 12:03 pm
by KevJ+2
AlfaLofa wrote:Henry
Is it a pallet wrapper?
Re: Name this device
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Mon Dec 23, 2013 12:29 pm
by AlfaLofa
It's Tycho Brahe's first attempt at a machine to predict the positions of the planets.
Here's his 2nd attempt:
Re: Name this device
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Mon Dec 23, 2013 1:17 pm
by rcraven
A winch for hauling something up with a wire rope.
Re: Name this device
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Mon Dec 23, 2013 1:41 pm
by john.p.clegg
O.K. but what's the cling-film for?
John
Re: Name this device
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Mon Dec 23, 2013 1:56 pm
by KevJ+2
john.p.clegg wrote:O.K. but what's the cling-film for?
John
Someone asked me that just the other night
Re: Name this device
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Mon Dec 23, 2013 3:33 pm
by Quart Meg Miles
It's a mouse powered solar clock, Southern Hemisphere version. The cling film is to collect the droppings.
Re: Name this device
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Mon Dec 23, 2013 8:13 pm
by twincamman
An early rally computer circa 1076 ...Later to become a Halda ..Ed
Re: Name this device
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Tue Dec 24, 2013 2:46 am
by SJ Lambert
Excellent stabs everyone! One or two weren't far off the mark!
It's a partially built one of these!
Re: Name this device
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Tue Dec 24, 2013 4:53 am
by twincamman
So it's a pig manure spreader????