fv1609 Posted July 26, 2013 Author Share Posted July 26, 2013 is it to do with a telephone switcboard Nope Wally not a communications system Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fv1609 Posted July 26, 2013 Author Share Posted July 26, 2013 Hmm, mobile night time / cloudy day heliograph mount and power source? That's an ingenious one Gordon but nope not a communications system Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N.O.S. Posted July 26, 2013 Share Posted July 26, 2013 It's an App3622a_zps77067437 :coffee: Oh how times have changed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fv1609 Posted July 26, 2013 Author Share Posted July 26, 2013 It's an App3622a_zps77067437 :coffee: Oh how times have changed Nope but it is an "Apparatus, Illuminating....................., No. 5, Mark 1." So you got the first three letters correct Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wally dugan Posted July 26, 2013 Share Posted July 26, 2013 is to do withTHEODOLITES Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fv1609 Posted July 26, 2013 Author Share Posted July 26, 2013 is to do withTHEODOLITES Strictly speak its not Wally but you are getting warm. Nobody has yet established what this two-wheeled thing is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wally dugan Posted July 26, 2013 Share Posted July 26, 2013 is it to do with artillary Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fv1609 Posted July 26, 2013 Author Share Posted July 26, 2013 is it to do with artillary Yes very much so Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Locolines Posted July 26, 2013 Share Posted July 26, 2013 Rangefinder ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fv1609 Posted July 26, 2013 Author Share Posted July 26, 2013 Rangefinder ? Nope not that Roy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Locolines Posted July 26, 2013 Share Posted July 26, 2013 For inspecting barrels of guns ? One day I might get a warm guess ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lauren Child Posted July 26, 2013 Share Posted July 26, 2013 (edited) Sight alignment? That might make sense for the two fixed lights and one moveable - moving with the sight or barrel (lining them up?) Edited July 26, 2013 by Lauren Child Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fv1609 Posted July 26, 2013 Author Share Posted July 26, 2013 For inspecting barrels of guns ? One day I might get a warm guess ! Roy this another of those ones where people go into ingenious & complicated details about things, yet miss something more obvious & fundamental Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fv1609 Posted July 26, 2013 Author Share Posted July 26, 2013 Sight alignment? Nope Lauren but you are sniffing around the right sort of area. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fv1609 Posted July 26, 2013 Author Share Posted July 26, 2013 Sight alignment? That might make sense for the two fixed lights and one moveable - moving with the sight or barrel (lining them up?) Lauren you're getting too complicated & missing the obvious Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wally dugan Posted July 26, 2013 Share Posted July 26, 2013 the cart does not look like either a limber ammunition or a stores limber it may be the picture does not show any mounting between the axle and the body this detail may not be important therefore it must be the other contents of the body that are not shown Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fv1609 Posted July 26, 2013 Author Share Posted July 26, 2013 the cart does not look like either a limber ammunition or a stores limber it may be the picture does not show any mountingbetween the axle and the body this detail may not be important therefore it must be the other contents of the body that are not shown Wally this the drawing as it appears in the book & is just an outline, of course minus the labels. But why do you think its a cart? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wally dugan Posted July 26, 2013 Share Posted July 26, 2013 is it for lighting up the sight internally Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Degsy Posted July 26, 2013 Share Posted July 26, 2013 the cart does not look like either a limber ammunition or a stores limber it may be the picture does not show any mountingbetween the axle and the body this detail may not be important therefore it must be the other contents of the body that are not shown I was just about to suggest it might be a limber with attached lighting but now I'm not so sure:confused: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ex-boy Posted July 26, 2013 Share Posted July 26, 2013 Wally this the drawing as it appears in the book & is just an outline, of course minus the labels. But why do you think its a cart? Just come aboard, but my first impression was of an outline of a gun carriage, with the wheels/axle and shield depicted. Am I close? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fv1609 Posted July 26, 2013 Author Share Posted July 26, 2013 is it for lighting up the sight internally Yes Wally the lighting does do that. I think you you're pretty much there. Can you just clarify what you think this 2-wheeled thing broadly is? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wally dugan Posted July 26, 2013 Share Posted July 26, 2013 Clive as far as l know any thing like this with two wheel is called a cart any thing with four wheels is a wagon if horse drawn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fv1609 Posted July 26, 2013 Author Share Posted July 26, 2013 I was just about to suggest it might be a limber with attached lighting but now I'm not so sure:confused: Derek yes it is. The lighting is for what? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fv1609 Posted July 26, 2013 Author Share Posted July 26, 2013 Just come aboard, but my first impression was of an outline of a gun carriage, with the wheels/axle and shield depicted. Am I close? Yes spot on! Well done although Wally in particular & Degsy are sort of nearly there as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ex-boy Posted July 26, 2013 Share Posted July 26, 2013 Chuffed to bits, with my first ever go, but it still doesn't solve the mystery of the electrical goodies, and I'm still scratching my head on that. Steve. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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