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Title: Name this... (181)
Post by: ergRTC on January 29, 2002, 02:52:53 PM

Hate to steal your post brady, just wanted to see if you guys coud figure this one out.  

Hint it is sitting on the shelf in my lab.

I will add more picks if you need more hints and a final full view if you can figure it out.

Title: Name this... (181)
Post by: Raubvogel on January 29, 2002, 03:13:36 PM

Flux capacitor

Title: Name this... (181)
Post by: ergRTC on January 29, 2002, 03:17:57 PM

Close....

here is another hint....

Title: Name this... (181)
Post by: K West on January 29, 2002, 03:28:41 PM

The markings on the dials are 10 based so I believe it's using metrics.  Gunsite for an Axis plane?

 Westy

Title: Name this... (181)
Post by: Sabre on January 29, 2002, 03:52:49 PM

Norden?

Title: Name this... (181)
Post by: ergRTC on January 29, 2002, 03:55:53 PM

Bingo we have a winner!

Title: Name this... (181)
Post by: ergRTC on January 29, 2002, 03:56:25 PM

and the label...

Title: Name this... (181)
Post by: ergRTC on January 29, 2002, 03:57:28 PM

It is a norden....

Title: Name this... (181)
Post by: HoHun on January 29, 2002, 03:59:39 PM

H Ergrtc,

I think your artifact might be a Norden bombsight.

Regards,

Henning (HoHun)

Title: Name this... (181)
Post by: HoHun on January 29, 2002, 04:01:25 PM

Hi again,

I guess I was overrun while typing :-)

Regards,

Henning (HoHun)

Title: Name this... (181)
Post by: ergRTC on January 29, 2002, 04:07:52 PM

Yeah it went pretty fast.  Here is the other label on the beast (weights a ton!)

Title: Name this... (181)
Post by: Sabre on January 29, 2002, 04:26:57 PM

"I believe I'm here to accept some kind of award?  And I believe someone mentioned...a check?"

Nice one.  Keep em coming.

Title: Name this... (181)
Post by: brady on January 29, 2002, 09:01:52 PM

Very cool one m8t:), and a great toy to have laying around:)

Title: Name this... (181)
Post by: ergRTC on January 30, 2002, 08:43:52 AM

My lab is in an old observatory, the jesuits used to use these for spare parts when repairing telescopes.