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Gizmo Quiz #83
6:03 pm on May 24, 2003 (gmt 0)
6:06 pm on May 24, 2003 (gmt 0)
6:07 pm on May 24, 2003 (gmt 0)
Is it found in a kitchen?
6:07 pm on May 24, 2003 (gmt 0)
related to lighting/ light?
related to radio waves/antenae?
6:08 pm on May 24, 2003 (gmt 0)
No sound, no kitchen (very far from it)
6:09 pm on May 24, 2003 (gmt 0)
We are missing cables connected to it, right?
6:10 pm on May 24, 2003 (gmt 0)
6:10 pm on May 24, 2003 (gmt 0)
Is it a 'press' of some kind?
6:11 pm on May 24, 2003 (gmt 0)
>We are missing cables connected to it, right?
I would think so.
6:11 pm on May 24, 2003 (gmt 0)
Does the whole thing move or does something move inside it?
6:11 pm on May 24, 2003 (gmt 0)
Its a fan or hanging turbine of some sort.
6:13 pm on May 24, 2003 (gmt 0)
No press, no fan.
I don't think it moves
6:13 pm on May 24, 2003 (gmt 0)
The picture seems to be sideways. Or isn't the thing suspended by the wires to the right?
6:14 pm on May 24, 2003 (gmt 0)
Is it a 'flow meter' of some kind?
6:15 pm on May 24, 2003 (gmt 0)
Are the wires coiled up inside heating elements? And was the original image Grayscale?
6:17 pm on May 24, 2003 (gmt 0)
6:18 pm on May 24, 2003 (gmt 0)
>Or isn't the thing suspended by the wires to the right
I think so
Macguru,
I don't think those are heating elements
6:18 pm on May 24, 2003 (gmt 0)
is it all metal as it appears?
6:20 pm on May 24, 2003 (gmt 0)
>And was the original image Grayscale
maybe, but it could have been color - color photography was around at that time.
Not a flow meter
6:22 pm on May 24, 2003 (gmt 0)
6:23 pm on May 24, 2003 (gmt 0)
color photography was around at that time
That's a real hint, it means the gizmo was made after 1907 :).
6:23 pm on May 24, 2003 (gmt 0)
>is it all metal as it appears?
I would think so, otherwise it would not last long in its intended environment.
Not part of a telescope
6:23 pm on May 24, 2003 (gmt 0)
Is it just suspended for display, or is/was that its operating position?
6:23 pm on May 24, 2003 (gmt 0)
Is it supposed to be used in space?
6:24 pm on May 24, 2003 (gmt 0)
I guess about 18 inches across.
6:28 pm on May 24, 2003 (gmt 0)
Not sure on the size
It is used in space
6:31 pm on May 24, 2003 (gmt 0)
is it used for analysing something in space?
6:33 pm on May 24, 2003 (gmt 0)
American, Russian or else? I guess American made circa the end of 60's...
[edited by: Macguru at 6:33 pm (utc) on May 24, 2003]
6:33 pm on May 24, 2003 (gmt 0)
>is it used for analysing something in space?
Yes
6:37 pm on May 24, 2003 (gmt 0)
>American, Russian or else? I guess American made circa the end of 60's...
Not sure where it was manufactured, but is was developed neither in Russia or the USA, but is has a strong US connection.
>end of 60's...
Later
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