Any idea what this is? - Page 3

Jonny69 · 11-09-2008, 18:11

It's got a clock on it, a device on the back that turns at 1 rpm (it says) a punching device with a roll of tape and a line in that says signal. It's definitely a data logging device of some sort. Was it anything to do with the physics lab? Is it a deluxe tickertape machine?

Mrs Slater · 11-09-2008, 18:15

I believe it to be a machine that is used to send a signal the school bells of to signal the end of lessons or end of the school day. On the front clock dial you can just about make out a smaller dial that is divided into the days of the week so that it wouldn't go off on the weekend. I guess that the signal socket is what connected it to the bell system, same as the fire alarm ones. I'm not too sure what the punch tape is for, it may hold the information for alarm or it could be what helps to regulate the time.

Kell_ee001 · 11-09-2008, 18:31

It was for punishing naughty school children through sutble electrocution

Bring it back I say!

Pumpkinstew · 11-09-2008, 18:52

It's a primitive doomsday device. Standard issue to problem schools in the early 80's. If the working class oiks ran amok and no-one was available to reset it it would go off obliterating the school and preventing a more widespread uprising. The signal in is a remote failsafe in case any well to dos were still within the blast radius.

OK, honestly. It's the bell timer. The dial on the back has 'ring time adjustment' written next to it. No-idea what the recording ticker is for. Maybe just a very simple way of checking how much time has passed between rings, each hole is a minute and a punched hole indicates the bell went off.

Garp · 11-09-2008, 20:11

it's pre '75 apparently, as the online digital records have no details of that registered design, apparently.

Lana · 12-09-2008, 19:52

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Originally Posted by Garp

Arundel is a beautiful place, from the castle to the (split in two) cathedral, all the way down to the Wildfowl and Wetlands centre. You can even go boating on the river for a laugh with mates, though splashing each other is frowned upon (no wet t-shirt competitions either

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cleanbluesky · 12-09-2008, 19:58

It's a small hadron collider

Garp · 13-09-2008, 08:26

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Originally Posted by Lana

Stan_Lite · 13-09-2008, 11:21

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Originally Posted by cleanbluesky

It's a small hadron collider

Accelerates protons to 7.8 Km/s and monitors the collisions.

Mark · 13-09-2008, 12:58

We never had such 'newfangled' equipment at my (last) school in the mid 80s. The bells were rung manually from a switch outside the headmasters' office. I rang those bells many times (and not out of malice either before anyone suggests otherwise

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Jonny69 Noob Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Socialist Republik of Kent Posts: 5,032	It's got a clock on it, a device on the back that turns at 1 rpm (it says) a punching device with a roll of tape and a line in that says signal. It's definitely a data logging device of some sort. Was it anything to do with the physics lab? Is it a deluxe tickertape machine? __________________

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Kell_ee001 Wants Big Meat Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Newcastle Posts: 6,478	It was for punishing naughty school children through sutble electrocution Bring it back I say! __________________

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Pumpkinstew Absinthe Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Mostly Oxford, Sometimes Bristol Posts: 1,156	It's a primitive doomsday device. Standard issue to problem schools in the early 80's. If the working class oiks ran amok and no-one was available to reset it it would go off obliterating the school and preventing a more widespread uprising. The signal in is a remote failsafe in case any well to dos were still within the blast radius. OK, honestly. It's the bell timer. The dial on the back has 'ring time adjustment' written next to it. No-idea what the recording ticker is for. Maybe just a very simple way of checking how much time has passed between rings, each hole is a minute and a punched hole indicates the bell went off. __________________ Get old, or die tryin' PSTEWREVIEWS - Chunks of Meaty Reviews, Mixed with Your Five a Day of News, Comment and Opinion, Floating in a Broth of Suspect Grammar and Seasoned Liberally with Mixed Metaphor. Tasty.

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Garp Preparing more tumbleweed Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Hawaii Posts: 6,038	it's pre '75 apparently, as the online digital records have no details of that registered design, apparently. __________________ Mal: Define "interesting"? Wash: "Oh, God, oh, God, we're all gonna die"?

11-09-2008, 18:15	#22
Mrs Slater Trike Girl Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Peacehaven Posts: 51	I believe it to be a machine that is used to send a signal the school bells of to signal the end of lessons or end of the school day. On the front clock dial you can just about make out a smaller dial that is divided into the days of the week so that it wouldn't go off on the weekend. I guess that the signal socket is what connected it to the bell system, same as the fire alarm ones. I'm not too sure what the punch tape is for, it may hold the information for alarm or it could be what helps to regulate the time.

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cleanbluesky Abandoned Ship Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 492	It's a small hadron collider

13-09-2008, 12:58	#30
Mark Screaming Orgasm Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Newbury Posts: 15,194	We never had such 'newfangled' equipment at my (last) school in the mid 80s. The bells were rung manually from a switch outside the headmasters' office. I rang those bells many times (and not out of malice either before anyone suggests otherwise )