Game: Guess the mystery object !

[jcranmer]

bbq igniter??

Yep. Your turn.

The one I posted was actually sold in the US as a pain relief device. I believe for arthritis.

Gas Grill Ingniters: The Stimulator and The Crystaldyne Pain Reliever - museumofquackery.com

 

[ped]

How do people get these haha

 

[Pilgor]

this "should" be a tuffy

 

[jcranmer]

A old radio tuner? (am?)

 

[Pilgor]

nope, this thing was patented in 1913.

 

[jcranmer]

Lol! That one was hard. But the date helped me figure it out. I'm going to hold off answering because I feel like my google searches were cheating.

 

[BShanahan14rulz]

That's my grandfather's old record changer. It goes in the trunk of an automobile and allows you to listen to different records at the push of a button.

 

[Hemlock_Mike]

OOPS-- I was way late on LPF.
Nevermind ------------
HM

 

[millirad]

Brazil nuts was a smoke screen to make the machine posted seem to work with radioactivity. :tinfoil:

 

[jcranmer]

this "should" be a tuffy

Ok. It's killing me, so I'm going to answer anyway.
It's a Tesla Turbine.

More specifically it's:
"The 200-Hp, Tesla Turbine, with the Upper Section of the Case Removed to Show the Disks, etc."

Lindsay's Technical Archive: Tesla Turbine

 

[jcranmer]

Super simple one.

 

[ped]

I allready did that one on page 15 ^^

A Theremin

Take another turn if you have something.

 

[piferal]

One easy, what is?

 

[anselm]

A safe or clean chamber to work with hazardous/sensitive/unstable materials.
I don't know the exact name.

 

[piferal]

A safe or clean chamber to work with hazardous/sensitive/unstable materials.
I don't know the exact name.

I'm sorry, but that's not is

 

[millirad]

A microbiology/bacteriological microscope ?

OT: I hope the earthquake didn't hit your city.