MYSTERY OBJECTS

[Gloria]

Lead ingots?

[Big Kev]

Rare illustration from Chatterbox annual for 1908 of bricks being made from slag at an iron works.

[Stanley]

Kev has it right and yes, I was wrong with Boys Own. It was Chatterbox.
Now we need another object.

[Stanley]

What is it?

[Gloria]

Is it a ring for a bulls nose?

[Stanley]

No Gloria but you are right to think it could be animal oriented.

[Big Kev]

Ferret muzzle?

[Stanley]

Wonderful how you step in and give the right answer Kev. Yes, exactly right.

[Big Kev]

Wonderful how you step in and give the right answer Kev. Yes, exactly right.

It was a Mystery Object in August 2024, I must have a good memory despite what Paulette tells me

[Stanley]

What are they?

[Stanley]

No takers? You've seen them before. Clue, connected to Holtzapfel ornamental turning lathes.......

[Gloria]

Sadly, I have no idea.

[Stanley]

Big clue Gloria..... Look up goniostat.

[Gloria]

Base plate?

[Big Kev]

Have they got a bevelled edge? Used for holding a 'tool' at the correct angle for cutting?

[Stanley]

Gloria is nearest to the correct answer. They are the plates that the goniostat is placed on for use sharpening cutters. One is brass and the other is cast iron. They work by using fine lapping paste as an abrasive.
Kev, the correct angle is obtained by adjusting the goniostat itself. (The word goniostat comes from Greek roots: "gonio-" meaning "angle" (from gonia) and "-stat" meaning "to stand" or "to hold steady" (from stasis), essentially describing a device for holding something at precise angles, often used in gem cutting or X-ray diffraction to maintain specific orientations)
Now we need another object. Any offers?

[Gloria]

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What can you tell me about this?

[Stanley]

You've got me beat Gloria......

[Gloria]

I’ll leave it a little while before I give a clue.

[PanBiker]

Looks like some kind of clock, at Greenwich maybe, one of John Harrisons?

[Gloria]

It is a measuring instrument, but for what?

[Stanley]

Precise measuring of an angle....?

[Gloria]

Sorry Stanley no.
Clue…..it’s maritime related.

[Stanley]

Ah, measuring the altitude of a star?

[Gloria]

Getting quite near Stanley, but not quite there. It has a title for measuring a specific thing of which the moon and stars are significant. It was widely used in World War Two.