Some amazing stuff on here.

[frank rabbets]

https://www.earlytech.com/earlytech/browse

I like the gun cartridge burglar alarm And wtf Iodine inhaler ??

 

[Chas]

https://www.earlytech.com/earlytech/browse

I like the gun cartridge burglar alarm And wtf Iodine inhaler ??

Absolutely fascinating Frank. Was that an auction catalogue? I couldn't find any auction name.

 

[Shayne]

Great stuff Frank I used to collect stuff like that whenever I found it in jumble sales or junk shops . I bet it all went in the bin when I emigrated with a broken leg and a change of clothes in a carrier bag

We used to make cartridge alarms when we were kids camping and playing soldiers just take the pellets out , I even got a teacher to help once by convincing him it was a quick release lead for a hunting dog

 

[frank rabbets]

I don't think it's a catologue Chas. It's on my favourites list on my computer but I don't know where it came from. The site is updated so still run by somebody. I collect and restore such items but I've nothing as nice as what they advertise.

 

[frank rabbets]

I think in France today they still leave the pellets in their alarms Shayne. lol.

 

[StarCruiser]

Froment prototype electric motor from 1845. Can't be too many of them around…

 

[clivehorridge]

I fell in love with this

It's beautiful

 

[Chas]

I fell in love with this

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It's beautiful

It is beautiful, I used to have an old wind up gramophone that was fitted in a cabinet with a lift up lid, the horn was inside pointing down, on the front was a flap that acted as a crude volume control, open it to increase close to lower the sound.
When the turntable mechanism finally failed I fitted modern equipment inside but left the cabinet original.

 

[hopeless wanderer]

I fell in love with this

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It's beautiful

Wow ! It really is, I can only imagine the work that went into making it.

 

[StarCruiser]

I fell in love with this

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It's beautiful

Yep, I'm in love too. It would look stunning next to the prototype electric motor…or is that just me?

 

[clivehorridge]

Yep, I'm in love too. It would look stunning next to the prototype electric motor…or is that just me?

Well each to their own Rich! You are Mr electric, so it figures!

I'm a fan of wood, so most things made of wood with clearly a lot of skill and effort gone into it floats my boat, especially if it's old.

The horn on that Edison looks like a work of art, fabulous.

 

[StarCruiser]

On the horn there Clive!