Great War truck Posted May 24, 2008 Share Posted May 24, 2008 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony B Posted May 24, 2008 Share Posted May 24, 2008 Vell Dr Frankenstien, your new ideas on treatments are veeery interesting! Or Igor was keen to do his bit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave C Posted May 24, 2008 Share Posted May 24, 2008 Vith zis mobile still ve vill soon have enough of zee alcohol to deaden zee pain off ziss bl***y var Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Farrant Posted May 24, 2008 Share Posted May 24, 2008 Now for a serious suggestion :whistle:.............is it a steriliser ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowtracdave Posted May 24, 2008 Share Posted May 24, 2008 Tea's up:beer: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abn deuce Posted May 24, 2008 Share Posted May 24, 2008 I d agree it s a portable steam sterilizer .Does not appear to have enough volume to be used for producing hot water. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sisu Posted May 24, 2008 Share Posted May 24, 2008 (edited) Boiling water and a sad horse. They are going to make some sausage soup, eh? Edited May 25, 2008 by Sisu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick W Posted May 25, 2008 Share Posted May 25, 2008 Something to do with coal gas? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Great War truck Posted May 25, 2008 Author Share Posted May 25, 2008 Something to do with coal gas? Now that's an idea. I had not considered that. For what purpose would a mobile hospital need coal gas? I was still of the mind of sterilising equipment. Boiler to the left (you can just make out the pressure gauge), water tank to the right. In front of both and laying horizontally would be the steriliser. I am still not 100% sure though. Any more ideas. Oh yes, all your captions were very funny. Any more? Tim (too) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony B Posted May 26, 2008 Share Posted May 26, 2008 Could also be a steam genarator for fumigation , gas de -contamination. Is there a definite link to the medical side? I notice a damn great padlock, odd thing to see on medical kit, you'd think it should be ready for instant use. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sisu Posted May 26, 2008 Share Posted May 26, 2008 (edited) I think that is an early woodgas vehicle? Althought I can't see the rear axle construction too well (notice the mechanisms under the bed). Anything to do with Thomas Parker ( http://www.localhistory.scit.wlv.ac.uk/genealogy/Parker/ThomasHughParker.htm )? If this is an early woodgas vehicle what you see is not steam. You see there's kind of a message in this photo, the horse is given some rest and the woodgas vehicle is starting to make some gas. The new era of automobile has just started! Btw, this would work well in War if Chlorin Gas was in the air. The horse would die, but as humans could be protected - the emergency services could still be working. Was that far fetched? Cedric Edited May 26, 2008 by Sisu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
79x100 Posted May 26, 2008 Share Posted May 26, 2008 Respirators were made for horses too ! Wasn't there a report from an old Royal Horse Artilleryman who said that the new motorised gun tractors were OK but that "At least a horse doesn't explode when it's shot from under you !" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gritineye Posted May 26, 2008 Share Posted May 26, 2008 Respirators were made for horses too ! Wasn't there a report from an old Royal Horse Artilleryman who said that the new motorised gun tractors were OK " Are you sure :eek: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
79x100 Posted May 26, 2008 Share Posted May 26, 2008 Are you sure :eek: ...Not any more, nope ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gritineye Posted May 26, 2008 Share Posted May 26, 2008 ...Not any more, nope ! I love that picture, it says so much about the time when it was taken. If steering wheels had been invented then, would the men be able to understand how to use it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick W Posted May 27, 2008 Share Posted May 27, 2008 Another thought, could it be for production of anaesthetic? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony B Posted May 27, 2008 Share Posted May 27, 2008 Um, Carbonic Acid was heated at the time and the vapour spread about as disenfectant. As the anisthetics of the time were Chloroform and Ether, wouldn't like to put a flame anywhere near them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Great War truck Posted September 21, 2008 Author Share Posted September 21, 2008 Here is another one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony B Posted September 21, 2008 Share Posted September 21, 2008 Sterilising unit? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlienFTM Posted September 22, 2008 Share Posted September 22, 2008 Could also be a steam genarator for fumigation , gas de -contamination. Is there a definite link to the medical side? I notice a damn great padlock, odd thing to see on medical kit, you'd think it should be ready for instant use. Have you served? Rule 1. If it isn 't padlocked down, it's nicked. And doesn't only apply to medical kit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lynx42 Rick Cove Posted September 22, 2008 Share Posted September 22, 2008 If you were running a still, wouldn't you have a dirty great padlock on the distilled product locker?? Of course, it's for medicinal purposes only. (I rekon it's a steriliser.) Rick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rlangham Posted September 22, 2008 Share Posted September 22, 2008 I agree, either sterilising (instruments etc) or for de-lousing clothing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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