The 'sicle' that got away!!

[wayne goerres]

Pick out some more stuff this is fun.

[Richard Flanders]

Wow, only Edgar would know what that battery is! I found a bunch of these Edison-LeLande batteries in 1982 at a long abandoned mine north of Nome, under the eve of the roof so they had filled water and shattered when they froze. I found one that had all the pieces and brought it home and had it in the basement all wrapped up with flagging to hold it together. I went to the Henry Ford museum in Detroit in about 1995 and saw that they had an Edison display and figured I had finally found a home for my battery. I also have a small mostly full bottle of the "Edison battery oil" that was used in them for some reason. At home I got the battery out from the back of a shelf and laid it on my big work table, turned my back and it rolled off and onto the concrete floor and blew up into a million pieces. I could hardly speak for hours I was so distraught that I had done that. Bad. All that time and I blew it. I soooo badly wanted to preserve that unique item. So, no one's close on anything else except that brass item in Pic 9 is likely an extinguisher; I'm not totally sure on that one myself. What is the set of tools in the front of that? Jim has the right idea on #5 also, but it has a very specific use. That's not the correct lid though. Too small.

[Richard Flanders]

What are the red and white tubes in pic #7? And what is the T-shaped thingy in pic #1 that looks like it's coming off the right side of the lantern? That's an easy one. Edgar will know that one in a hearbeat. There's another of them, much smaller, mounted on the windowsill to the left of the lantern. Everyone I'd guess knows what the funnel like things are on the wood handles. They work sooooo well!

[Snap Cap]

Richard, is pic #2 a fire grenade? Is the T-shaped thingy in #1 a tool guide? No Parker Pages in the pile of reading material or is that the tp supply?

[Richard Flanders]

Close Snap Cap, and it actually could be designed to also be used as a 'grenade'. It is a fire extinguisher and has a spring loaded 'hammer' that you can't see that has a lead link that melts when exposed to fire to release it. The hammer swings up and breaks the glass, releasing the chemical, whatever it is. I found the glass part one year and the mount years later and somewhere else far away and somehow recognized what it was for and reunited them.

"Tool guide" is close also but not quite. Keep trying. A better picture would help. Maybe tomorrow. It also has a very specific use. There are several Parker Pages in the pile also; you just can't see them.

[edgarspencer]

Originally Posted by Richard Flanders

The hammer swings up and breaks the glass, releasing the chemical, whatever it is.

Carbon Tetrachloride.

[OH Osthaus]

Originally Posted by edgarspencer

Carbon Tetrachloride.

that stuff may have eventually killed as many fireman as fires

[Bruce Day]

Rich

[Richard Flanders]

I knew I could count on Edgar to know the chemical. I remember that now that you remind me. My last can of Carbon tet ran out decades ago. Sure works well for cleaning parts.

Are we done guessing what these things are??

[edgarspencer]

What is the set value of the pop (safety) valves in #7, and are they air or steam? I keep small drills in one of the replaceable element fuse shells
Are those core samplers in #9 Those are nice mercury rectifiers in the Dundee crocks
Is the vacuum tube next to the shelf with the pressure gage, insulator and crucibles, a 6L6 ?