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Title: just for fun Post by: nobby on February 06, 2014, 12:35:48 PM And mostly for the newbies....... Big brains need not apply ::)
See if you can put approx. Age to the artifact below ;) Title: Re: just for fun Post by: nobby on February 06, 2014, 12:56:25 PM For dryland/torchy/unclefester /@ or whatever your called today, it's not an Elizabeth duke 1995 gents pocket watch ;D
Title: Re: just for fun Post by: Dryland on February 06, 2014, 01:22:37 PM PMSL 1976 back of a dynamo ;D ;D
Title: Re: just for fun Post by: The Doc on February 06, 2014, 01:29:15 PM Nice one nobby :)
Title: Re: just for fun Post by: GJH on February 06, 2014, 01:38:54 PM Sea navigation implement. time/date
Geoff Title: Re: just for fun Post by: Dryland on February 06, 2014, 01:43:26 PM W W 11 bomb timing mechanism ?
Title: Re: just for fun Post by: Val Beechey on February 06, 2014, 02:01:11 PM A clue Fellas..........................It's Greek
Val Title: Re: just for fun Post by: Dryland on February 06, 2014, 02:10:39 PM A GREEK ww11 bomb timing mechanism ?
Title: Re: just for fun Post by: Dryland on February 06, 2014, 02:17:39 PM A balance wheel?
Title: Re: just for fun Post by: Neil on February 06, 2014, 02:17:50 PM Your messing with their minds Nobby! Great choice!
Come on guessers! Title: Re: just for fun Post by: Chef Geoff on February 06, 2014, 02:25:15 PM I think my Auntie had one of those ;D
Title: Re: just for fun Post by: Dryland on February 06, 2014, 02:46:04 PM Geoff Why did your Aunty have a WW11 Greek bomb timing device ?
Title: Re: just for fun Post by: Neil on February 06, 2014, 03:02:46 PM Here's a clue, but no Googling the Professors name:
... in terms of historic and scarcity value, I have to regard this mechanism as being more valuable than the Mona Lisa. Professor Michael Edmunds of Cardiff University Title: Re: just for fun Post by: Dryland on February 06, 2014, 03:07:18 PM Did he invent timing devices for ww2 greek bombs, like the one Geoffs Aunty had ?
Title: Re: just for fun Post by: wet feet again on February 06, 2014, 03:26:42 PM Was it used to protect shipping in ww1 ?
Title: Re: just for fun Post by: Dylan on February 06, 2014, 03:29:47 PM About 2,000 yrs maybe? :)
Title: Re: just for fun Post by: jcb (THE THIMBLE) jones on February 06, 2014, 03:48:52 PM 2120 yrs old
Title: Re: just for fun Post by: Dryland on February 06, 2014, 03:52:43 PM The Greeks didn't have bomb timing devices 2,000 years ago ::) ::) ???
Title: Re: just for fun Post by: Dryland on February 06, 2014, 04:02:03 PM Ok I cheated and googled it, but I still think my idea is more plausable than a proffessor.
Title: Re: just for fun Post by: Mike on February 06, 2014, 04:03:59 PM a chronometer or part of
Title: Re: just for fun Post by: jcb (THE THIMBLE) jones on February 06, 2014, 04:04:51 PM so what is it , is it an old drain cover , manhole cover lol
Title: Re: just for fun Post by: matthewbullingham123 on February 06, 2014, 04:23:22 PM one of those things to measure star angles?
Title: Re: just for fun Post by: Dylan on February 06, 2014, 04:38:00 PM There was a whole TV program about it a while ago.....
Title: Re: just for fun Post by: handyman [Alan} on February 06, 2014, 04:39:27 PM ... you often see something equivalent on staters ;D ;D
Title: Re: just for fun Post by: The Doc on February 06, 2014, 04:45:59 PM I think my Auntie had one of those ;D Your auntie must be very old then Geoff ;) Title: Re: just for fun Post by: The Doc on February 06, 2014, 04:47:49 PM ...your Aunty K perhaps?
Title: Re: just for fun Post by: Chef Geoff on February 06, 2014, 06:12:25 PM ...your Aunty K perhaps? Ahh you know her then Peter ;)Title: Re: just for fun Post by: Da Monkey on February 06, 2014, 08:11:07 PM Watch "Yesterday" on freeview now for a hint......
Title: Re: just for fun Post by: handyman [Alan} on February 06, 2014, 08:11:57 PM ...your Aunty K perhaps? Ahh you know her then Peter ;)does that make her Peter K ??? [i'll get my coat!!] Title: Re: just for fun Post by: Dryland on February 06, 2014, 08:13:03 PM OUCH !
Title: Re: just for fun Post by: probono on February 07, 2014, 10:25:13 AM I'm waiting for the Lego set to come out - I know someone has already made parts of Babbage's difference engine which work :)
Title: Re: just for fun Post by: nobby on February 07, 2014, 04:15:05 PM it is of course the antikythera mechanism ;) , an absolutely jaw dropping 1st century greek astronomical computer :o........
check it out on wiki page below http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antikythera_mechanism (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antikythera_mechanism) Title: Re: just for fun Post by: jcb (THE THIMBLE) jones on February 07, 2014, 04:19:11 PM damn of course it is ,i knew that but i didnt want to say ,i wanted to keep everyone guessing lol :D :D :D
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