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Message 1826229 - Posted: 23 Oct 2016, 2:20:44 UTC

It's a boomerang launcher, for when you can't get them to come back under your own steam. It's not foolproof though because they can end up coming back without ever going forward and give you quite a nasty bruise :/
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Message 1826251 - Posted: 23 Oct 2016, 6:39:38 UTC - in response to Message 1825936.  

It tells you how much bang for the buck. :)

Very close.

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Message 1826252 - Posted: 23 Oct 2016, 6:40:27 UTC - in response to Message 1826227.  

Is it for testing the hardness of something?

Not the hardness. Something else.

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Message 1826253 - Posted: 23 Oct 2016, 6:41:21 UTC - in response to Message 1826229.  

It's a boomerang launcher, for when you can't get them to come back under your own steam. It's not foolproof though because they can end up coming back without ever going forward and give you quite a nasty bruise :/

LMAO. Good imagination. But not it.

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Message 1826512 - Posted: 24 Oct 2016, 16:09:12 UTC

Wow, I drive all the way to Berkeley and back and still no one has figure out that it tests gun powder? You guys are slipping. Guess its the rain.
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Message 1826570 - Posted: 24 Oct 2016, 21:10:03 UTC - in response to Message 1826512.  
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Wow, I drive all the way to Berkeley and back and still no one has figure out that it tests gun powder? You guys are slipping. Guess its the rain.

I think Gary had it but didn't want to run for the win. So Carlos, your it.

Eprouvette: an old-time device that was used to test the strength of gunpowder. Fill the device with 'powder, fire it, and the explosion in the barrel pushes the gauge out; the further it sweeps, the stronger the gun powder.

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Message 1826579 - Posted: 24 Oct 2016, 21:55:20 UTC

Thank you Admiral. I had it for a while too but was waiting for someone else to take it. But I am back now. Next visit to the San Francisco area will be first weekend in Dec. So let's see if any can figure this tool out, before then.

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Message 1826582 - Posted: 24 Oct 2016, 21:59:44 UTC

I can't see what this sees.
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Message 1826583 - Posted: 24 Oct 2016, 22:12:28 UTC

Weather vain or lightning arrester?
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Message 1826584 - Posted: 24 Oct 2016, 22:13:00 UTC - in response to Message 1826583.  

Weather vain or lightning arrester?

Nope, has nothing to do with the weather.
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Message 1826586 - Posted: 24 Oct 2016, 22:44:04 UTC

where is the focus?
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Message 1826640 - Posted: 25 Oct 2016, 3:58:30 UTC

I see some have spotted the details already.
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Message 1826665 - Posted: 25 Oct 2016, 10:52:13 UTC - in response to Message 1826586.  
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where is the focus?

I imagine it's those three tiny holes on that flat bit on the left...

I'd draw an arrow on it and repost the picture but tinypic has been driving me crazy so I won't. Everyone will just have to work it out from what I've said above...

Glad to be of help ;)
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Message 1826693 - Posted: 25 Oct 2016, 14:39:35 UTC

is it some kind of sighting device?
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Message 1826714 - Posted: 25 Oct 2016, 23:35:21 UTC - in response to Message 1826693.  

is it some kind of sighting device?

Some sort as long as it not too far away.
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Message 1826727 - Posted: 26 Oct 2016, 0:58:34 UTC

Is it a fellow of the Royal Society's invention?
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Message 1826744 - Posted: 26 Oct 2016, 3:58:31 UTC - in response to Message 1826727.  

Is it a fellow of the Royal Society's invention?


I cannot seem to confirm that. He did correspond with the Society and was offered membership but don't think he was ever became a member or fellow.
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Message 1826750 - Posted: 26 Oct 2016, 4:25:20 UTC

Does it measure the thickness of a glass lens as it is being ground?
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Message 1826753 - Posted: 26 Oct 2016, 4:31:43 UTC - in response to Message 1826750.  

Does it measure the thickness of a glass lens as it is being ground?

no
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Message 1826801 - Posted: 26 Oct 2016, 15:48:10 UTC

Maybe it's hint time. Just a small one. Very small, like microscopically small.
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