MYSTERY OBJECTS

[Tizer]

Cominic Dummings on his latest trip to Barnard's Castle?
The Germans were early into gliders - is he a German aviator?

[Stanley]

I thought it was too easy, yes Peter. Now tell me who.

[PanBiker]

Otto Lilienthal, his experiments with gliders eventually killed him but he did influence many who came after him.

[Stanley]

Yup, got it in one Ian.



What is it. (Cylinder is about 8" long.)

[Stanley]

Well that stopped you dead in your tracks! Is anyone going to have a go at it? Or should I claim victory and set another?

[Stanley]

If there is no response I shall knock it on the head.
Clue, it's a beautiful model of a vital steam engine accessory that promotes overall thermal efficiency.

[plaques]

Any sentence that contains the words beautiful and thermal efficiency must be related to a condenser unit. Which bit and where its located I've no idea.

[Stanley]

Well done Ken. I am going to give it to you because that's exactly what it is. A model of a surface condenser for a reciprocating vertical steam Marine engine. If you take the ends off it's a got a beautiful nest of condenser tubes. The idea was to condense the exhaust on marine engines using salt water which could not be allowed to contaminate the boiler feed water as it was death to steel boilers.
Next one?

[Stanley]

Can anyone tell me what/where this is? And what's the link with cowboy films?

[Gloria]

Is it in Spain, they filmed a lot of cowboy films there?

[Stanley]

Sorry, no Gloria...

[plaques]

I'll guess at 'Lone Pines, California. As a kid I spent the best part of saturday afternoon watching Roy Rogers and Trigger gallop round the same rocks week after week.

[Tizer]

Battle of Little Bighorn, site of Custer's Last Stand?

[Cathy]

Plaques, I love your description of ‘Roy Rogers and Trigger gallop round the same rocks, week after week’.

[Tizer]

That's when he wasn't watching The Lone Ranger and Tonto, or Lassie The Wonder Dog

[Big Kev]

Is it near Monument Alley, Arizona?

[Stanley]

Kev is the nearest and I'm going to give it to him. It's the Painted Desert (LINK)
The connection to the cowboy films is that these are 'The Badlands' where the fugitives escaped to time after time....
Next one?

[Stanley]

What is it?

[Gloria]

Is it for cutting peat?

[Stanley]

Sorry but no Gloria, much smaller than that. I have great hopes for this one!

[chinatyke]

Anything to do with pointing?

[Stanley]

Nothing at all China...

[Gloria]

Cutting turf?

[chinatyke]

A fellmonger's scraper?

[Stanley]

Sorry to both of you, nope!
Clue, it's a very small spade.