MYSTERY OBJECTS

[Tripps]

1. Can you eat it?

2. Is it connected with Mah Jong? I have a set, and some of the characters seem a bit familiar. Numbers and Winds.

[Stanley]

Neither David. But a good clue, it is made from wax.

[Stanley]

Clue, part of an ancient technique still in use today.

[plaques]

The 'tree' part of the lost wax casting process. The final product could be chocolates that are broken off for consumption.

[Stanley]

Ken has it. The product was metal type for printing Chinese Characters but of course could be used for any typeface.

[plaques]

Actually I never considered printing type. I think Tripps should get the gong he was much nearer with his thinking.

[Stanley]

Sort that out between yourselves.... It was the nearest to the truth and the key was 'lost wax process'.
Next object?

[Stanley]

What is it?

[Cathy]

Has it been on the ocean floor

[Steeplejerk]

I think I've seen this on a TV programme.

[Big Kev]

A very old Greek computer, used to show information about the stars. It's in a museum in Athens.

[Stanley]

You're all on it. Well done. See THIS Wikipedia article on the Antikythera mechanism.....
Now for the next one?

[Stanley]

What is it and where?

[Stanley]

You've seen it before. You need a clue... the original commemorates a battle in the Teutoberg Forest.

[Stanley]

No takers? Google Herman the German and you'll get the answer.

[Stanley]

See THIS and then come up with a new object.....

[Stanley]

What is it?

[Steeplejerk]

Is it a bleach kier ??

[Stanley]

Well done Tom! Not a lot of people know that! Right first time.
Ask yourself, how did they shape those plates when they had to be Done by hand? (I know because I asked a very old boiler-maker....)
Next one?

[Steeplejerk]

I've seen the boiler ends being shaped at Adamsons in Hyde

[Steeplejerk]

I would guess they were shaped the same way as a silver smith but with much more heat and bigger hammers

[Stanley]

Yes, on a large former on the floor....

[Stanley]

What and where?

[Stanley]

What and where?

[Stanley]

No takers?