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  • RBS
    Veteran
    • Sep 2007
    • 15178

    #5521
    Oooo almost a dead heat but Jack is right. Its called the Reckoner and it actually never worked the way Leibniz hoped it would cause they couldn't fabricate all those gears precisely enough. Good job both of you.

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    • EscapeGirl
      Super Kitty
      • May 2006
      • 50764

      #5522
      Hi Mistery!

      Great guess, Jack (and Mistery. Seems your alienish speed wasn't fast enough for a hamster. )

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      • 1momomo124
        GH Timetraveler
        • Aug 2006
        • 3078

        #5523
        um a type writer
        I am and will always be a timetraveler

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        • jack
          Coffee Lover
          • May 2006
          • 9050

          #5524
          Yay, looking for a pic now.

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          Edit: Hello everybody

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          • Mistery
            Super Moderator
            • Dec 2005
            • 61730

            #5525
            Originally posted by EscapeGirl View Post

            Great guess, Jack (and Mistery. Seems your alienish speed wasn't fast enough for a hamster. )

            Cats are so nice lately to aliens


            Jack, you want the name for the whole object?

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            • RBS
              Veteran
              • Sep 2007
              • 15178

              #5526
              Jack are we looking at this as a whole or mainly just the spoon thing?

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              • jack
                Coffee Lover
                • May 2006
                • 9050

                #5527
                @Mistery - Just what it is. You don't need to be specific

                @RBS - The whole thing functions as the device, not just the spoon.

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                • 1momomo124
                  GH Timetraveler
                  • Aug 2006
                  • 3078

                  #5528
                  a sundile
                  I am and will always be a timetraveler

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                  • Heartofthedark
                    Veteran
                    • Jul 2006
                    • 5931

                    #5529
                    Maybe some sort of wind direction gauge

                    (Oooh actually it looks like a clock that thin thing is a hand )

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                    • jack
                      Coffee Lover
                      • May 2006
                      • 9050

                      #5530
                      Nope, not a sundial.

                      This device is still used today, although its much easier to use.

                      @heartofdarkness - no, but that is getting closer (your first guess)

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                      • Mistery
                        Super Moderator
                        • Dec 2005
                        • 61730

                        #5531
                        Originally posted by jack View Post
                        @Mistery - Just what it is. You don't need to be specific

                        @RBS - The whole thing functions as the device, not just the spoon.
                        Hehe, sorry, my question was intended to be the same as RBS'

                        Hmmm... is it used for cooking?

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                        • 1momomo124
                          GH Timetraveler
                          • Aug 2006
                          • 3078

                          #5532
                          a gutter?
                          I am and will always be a timetraveler

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                          • Heartofthedark
                            Veteran
                            • Jul 2006
                            • 5931

                            #5533
                            Wind speed gauge

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                            • 1momomo124
                              GH Timetraveler
                              • Aug 2006
                              • 3078

                              #5534
                              no a compass!
                              I am and will always be a timetraveler

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                              • jack
                                Coffee Lover
                                • May 2006
                                • 9050

                                #5535
                                Nope. Not used for cooking and is not a gutter or wind gauge.

                                This was used in ancient China.

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