It's obviously a Stargate.....
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Does anyone know what this is?
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So go on then. What is it?
There are numbers around the holes and numbers around the inner ring too. Is there meant to be a card that goes on the centre?
The only thing I can work out is that the second line has 1/12 + 1/48, and that's about 0.1 and its a tenth of the way round the circle. Can't make any sense of any of the other fractions though.Will work inside IR35. Or for food.Comment
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Originally posted by VectraMan View PostSo go on then. What is it?
There are numbers around the holes and numbers around the inner ring too. Is there meant to be a card that goes on the centre?
The only thing I can work out is that the second line has 1/12 + 1/48, and that's about 0.1 and its a tenth of the way round the circle. Can't make any sense of any of the other fractions though."Being nice costs nothing and sometimes gets you extra bacon" - Pondlife.Comment
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Is it a tool for working out Egyptian Fractions?
Egyptians expressed fractions as a sum on unit fractions with a numerator of 1, so:
2/3 = 1/3 + 1/4 + 1/12Comment
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Originally posted by DaveB View Post
Looks like some Kind of electro mechanical calculator converting base 16 into fractions.
No idea what it might have been used for.Comment
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Actually it looks distinctly Satanic, probably a Ouija board created by Fermat to conjure up demons. Be careful, the chap was no fool.bloggoth
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Originally posted by DaveB View Post
Looks like some Kind of electro mechanical calculator converting base 16 into fractions.
No idea what it might have been used for.
Seriously, could it be some kind of resistometer? On the right are what look like a pair of contacts bridged by a wire.
Surprised Zeity doesn't recognise it, or use one of them every day!Work in the public sector? Read the IR35 FAQ hereComment
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Will work inside IR35. Or for food.Comment
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Originally posted by OwlHoot View PostCould it a contraption for working out the date of Easter sunday? ..
See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computus (although I don't have time to study that page now)Work in the public sector? Read the IR35 FAQ hereComment
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