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Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 23 Jul 2023, 13:37
by 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.
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 23 Jul 2023, 13:39
by Stanley
Neither David. But a good clue, it is made from wax.
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 24 Jul 2023, 02:28
by Stanley
Clue, part of an ancient technique still in use today.
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 24 Jul 2023, 08:55
by plaques
The 'tree' part of the lost wax casting process. The final product could be chocolates that are broken off for consumption.
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 24 Jul 2023, 14:02
by Stanley
Ken has it. The product was metal type for printing Chinese Characters but of course could be used for any typeface.
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 24 Jul 2023, 16:44
by plaques
Actually I never considered printing type. I think Tripps should get the gong he was much nearer with his thinking.
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 25 Jul 2023, 02:20
by Stanley
Sort that out between yourselves.... It was the nearest to the truth and the key was 'lost wax process'.
Next object?
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 26 Jul 2023, 04:35
by Stanley
What is it?
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 26 Jul 2023, 06:01
by Cathy
Has it been on the ocean floor
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 26 Jul 2023, 06:05
by Steeplejerk
I think I've seen this on a TV programme.
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 26 Jul 2023, 07:20
by Big Kev
A very old Greek computer, used to show information about the stars. It's in a museum in Athens.
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 26 Jul 2023, 07:34
by Stanley
You're all on it. Well done. See
THIS Wikipedia article on the Antikythera mechanism.....
Now for the next one?
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 27 Jul 2023, 03:22
by Stanley
What is it and where?
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 28 Jul 2023, 03:35
by Stanley
You've seen it before. You need a clue... the original commemorates a battle in the Teutoberg Forest.
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 29 Jul 2023, 03:36
by Stanley
No takers? Google Herman the German and you'll get the answer.
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 30 Jul 2023, 03:25
by Stanley
See
THIS and then come up with a new object.....
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 31 Jul 2023, 03:28
by Stanley
What is it?
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 31 Jul 2023, 08:26
by Steeplejerk
Is it a bleach kier ??
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 31 Jul 2023, 08:53
by 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?
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 31 Jul 2023, 09:26
by Steeplejerk
I've seen the boiler ends being shaped at Adamsons in Hyde
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 31 Jul 2023, 09:30
by Steeplejerk
I would guess they were shaped the same way as a silver smith but with much more heat and bigger hammers
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 31 Jul 2023, 13:38
by Stanley
Yes, on a large former on the floor....
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 01 Aug 2023, 03:28
by Stanley
What and where?
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 01 Aug 2023, 03:29
by Stanley
What and where?
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 02 Aug 2023, 03:18
by Stanley
No takers?
