Ye Olde Gizmo Quiz

Test your gizmo history!

[Timotheos]

Ok time for another gizmo quiz! Bring it on ;-)

To win you not only have to tell me what this [s89109057.onlinehome.us] is but who invented it.

[waynet]

Does it measure something?

[bunltd]

Is the part in his lap part of the gizmo?

LisaB

[Timotheos]

Does it measure something?

Yes I think you could say that it does.

[SlowMove]

gyroscope

[Timotheos]

Is the part in his lap part of the gizmo?

Let me clarify. The gizmo is the thing on the table under his left hand. The thing in his lap is part of an earlier similar invention.

[Timotheos]

gyroscope

nope.

[waynet]

A parking meter?

[Timotheos]

A parking meter?

No.

Here's a pun for you...
The queen told the prince that he was a royal pain.

[bird]

Looks like a clock to me.

[waynet]

Is that the inventor in the photo?

[lgn1]

does this have anything to do with mechanical computers like a difference engine.

[Timotheos]

Good job bird! It is basically a clock. Sometimes the obvious seems like the least likely. Now what is its significance in history and who invented it?

A pun for you...
The school had a door made of iron. That was why it was called the school of hard knocks.

[bird]

Hehe, ask mivox what happens when you present time measuring devices (or parts thereof) in a gizmo quiz and I'm around... ;)

[Timotheos]

Is that the inventor in the photo?

Good question! That is not the inventor in the photo.

Here's your pun...
As a surgeon he was famous for his short cuts.

[lgn1]

worlds first atomic clock

[Timotheos]

does this have anything to do with mechanical computers like a difference engine.

Nope. Invented way before.

Good enough for a pun though...
Our cat sleeps on a down pillow. We've always had a soft spot for her.

[bird]

Since it doesn't appear to have a pendulum, it was probably meant to work in a non-stationary environment (ie. on a ship).

[Timotheos]

worlds first atomic clock

Nope. Wrong century ;-)

Pun: When he accidentally killed his neighbor's sheep, he had to spin a yarn.

[lgn1]

clock drive for a telescope ( a very old telescope)

[lgn1]

H4 timepiece by john harrison

[Timotheos]

clock drive for a telescope ( a very old telescope)

Nope.

Pun:
Father and son love sunflower seeds, and the son is the spitting image of his dad.

[lgn1]

make that h3

[lgn1]

[xprt.net...]

[Timotheos]

H4 timepiece by john harrison

Congratulations lgn1! You got it!

[bunltd]

Congrats lgn1! and thanks Timotheos for a fun gizmo.

LisaB

[Timotheos]

Interesting history behind this gizmo. Here's the site that I got the photo from http://212.219.145.17/museum/harrison/ [212.219.145.17] and you can learn about it's history. You can also check out http://www.harrisonclocks.co.uk/home.htm [harrisonclocks.co.uk]. The other pictures actually show it to be a very beautiful clock.

I was first introduced in the excellent book
"Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time"

[lgn1]

As soon as you said the word clock and ship. It was
a give away.

See you all next week.