MYSTERY OBJECTS

[Stanley]

No takers? If not I'll knock it on the head.

[Gloria]

No idea Stanley, sorry can’t add anything.

[Big Kev]

Optical centre punch

[Stanley]

Kev has it right. How the hell did you know that? I wouldn't have got it if I hadn't bought one and found it was useless. If anyone wants it, all they have to do is call in and they can have it!

[Big Kev]

Kev has it right. How the hell did you know that? I wouldn't have got it if I hadn't bought one and found it was useless. If anyone wants it, all they have to do is call in and they can have it!

You posted about it in Shed Matters

[Stanley]

You have an excellent memory Kev......

[Stanley]

This lives in the shed and fulfils a very useful purpose, it's used every day. However this wasn't its original function and that's what I want to know. What did it start out in life as..... (Probably over a century ago....)

[PanBiker]

Is it an eyepiece lens from a telescope or recovered from a set of powerful binoculars?

[Stanley]

You've hit on the right format Ian, but what did it come from, neither of those two, much older....

[Gloria]

Is it an eyepiece off an old rifle?

[Stanley]

No Gloria, follow Ian's lead. It's an entirely different piece of optical equipment. Think what was common a century ago.....

[PanBiker]

A microscope then?

[Stanley]

Sorry Ian, no. In optical terms just the opposite function.....

[Tizer]

A jeweller's lens (loupe)?

[Stanley]

Sorry no. (Although the use I put it to is exactly that function, I use it for reading the fine graduations on scales....)
It started life in a household object about 100 years ago. What I am after is what that object was. Like other simple objects it's so obvious it's invisible!

[Cathy]

A non scientific magnifying glass

[Stanley]

Yes, that';s what I use it for Cathy but what did it start out in life as a century ago? What can you think of in the house in those days that needed an adjustable lens?

[Big Kev]

Slide projector?

[Stanley]

Yes!!!! Or perhaps a 'magic lantern'. That's what it is and very useful too. Well done.....
Now for the next one?

[Stanley]

What's the name of the river?

[Stanley]

If there are no takers I shall knock it on the head at midday.....

[Wendyf]

I'll take a wild guess at the Nidd.

[Stanley]

No Wendy, sorry. You've all seen it before, it's featured on here before. A clue, I must have been up somewhere very high to get a picture like this......

[Stanley]

I'll kill it at dinnertime.....

[Stanley]

It's the River Derwent at Matlock Bath. Pic taken from the top of Masson Mill chimney.....
Next one anyone?



Any idea what this is and what's going on?