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MouldyOldDough
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I used to live in a 2 up 2 down in a large city in Southern England and there was a weird object/device - in the hallway that I still have no idea what it was.......
It was set in to the wall - directly beneath the meters - but was not connected to either meter.
It looked like a box (12 inches by 8 inches) with a brass spindle through it - with 3 wooden or plaster cubes (about 2 inches) set on the spindle so they could rotate freely.
There was a perished rubber gland with a small hole in the rear of the box.
There were no markings on it. The house was built in 1875 so it could have been Victorian. I didn't take any photos at the time (camera phones didn't exist in the 80's).
Any ideas what this object could have been ?
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anything like these....
Measuring gas - National Gas Museum - victorian gas meter
Old Electricity Meter Box - Search Images (bing.com)
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Brie said:That picture is of a biunial magic lantern, not a gas meter - https://www.magiclantern.org.uk/lanterns/biunial-lanterns.php(image above from National Gas Museum).
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Hi MoD.Could it have been part of a pulley system used to call up/down the servants?0
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Pull the other one, would not get many 2 up 2 down with servant quarters.ThisIsWeird said:Hi MoD.Could it have been part of a pulley system used to call up/down the servants?1 -
Brie said:anything like these....
Measuring gas - National Gas Museum - victorian gas meter
Old Electricity Meter Box - Search Images (bing.com)
Nope - it was the cubes that rotated on a brass spindle that got me !!
If I was half as smart as I think I am - I'd be twice as smart as I REALLY am.0 -
Eldi_Dos said:
Pull the other one, would not get many 2 up 2 down with servant quarters.ThisIsWeird said:Hi MoD.Could it have been part of a pulley system used to call up/down the servants?
That's right - it was a lowest of the low type of house !
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Cubes rotating on a spindle sounds like cams which turn a dial. Could this be an ancient gas meter with the front dial missing?MouldyOldDough said:Brie said:anything like these....
Measuring gas - National Gas Museum - victorian gas meter
Old Electricity Meter Box - Search Images (bing.com)
Nope - it was the cubes that rotated on a brass spindle that got me !!I am the Cat who walks alone0 -
Eldi_Dos said:
Pull the other one, would not get many 2 up 2 down with servant quarters.ThisIsWeird said:Hi MoD.Could it have been part of a pulley system used to call up/down the servants?
I live in a 3-bed bungie. I have servants.
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ThisIsWeird said:Eldi_Dos said:
Pull the other one, would not get many 2 up 2 down with servant quarters.ThisIsWeird said:Hi MoD.Could it have been part of a pulley system used to call up/down the servants?
I live in a 3-bed bungie. I have servants.Children and dogs do not count
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That did cross my mind but the cubes only have 4 faces!!fluffymuffy said:
Cubes rotating on a spindle sounds like cams which turn a dial. Could this be an ancient gas meter with the front dial missing?MouldyOldDough said:Brie said:anything like these....
Measuring gas - National Gas Museum - victorian gas meter
Old Electricity Meter Box - Search Images (bing.com)
Nope - it was the cubes that rotated on a brass spindle that got me !!
If I was half as smart as I think I am - I'd be twice as smart as I REALLY am.0
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