Name These Obsolete Technologies

[Meanderer]

Could also be used to welcome in the New Year....

...you could also be arrested for a false alarm....

 

[NancyNGA]

What was this used for? It was patented in 1875. For scale, the round bowl-shaped thing is probably about 12"-18" across.

 

[Hanfonius]

Hmmm, Nancy, anything to do with a dog sleigh?

 

[NancyNGA]

Nope.

 

[Hanfonius]

OK, so it it for standing beer barrels up, having rolled them at far?

 

[Hanfonius]

(I'm being rather greedy here with my questions).

Is something that raises a reclining person into an upright position?

 

[NancyNGA]

No, there are no wheels. Sits flat on the floor when used. Doesn't tilt either.

 

[Hanfonius]

Is it for cleaning your wellies or boots before entering a field with livestock?

 

[Lara]

Is it a wooden game where you push down on the lever and it flips the bowl like a Tiddly Wink to a designated circle drawn on the ground? haha, I know, I've always been a little far out there.

 

[NancyNGA]

Ha! Ha! I forgot all about Tiddly Winks. Was never any good at it.

But no, not a boot cleaner or TW game.

The bowl part rotates.

 

[Meanderer]

is it used in the kitchen?

 

[NancyNGA]

No. Not used in the house at all.

 

[Hanfonius]

Ah ha! Is it used in prospecting???

 

[Meanderer]

is it for thrashing wheat or removing some kind of grain from the stalks?

 

[NancyNGA]

No prospecting, no wheat, but those are clever guesses.

It would be used in or near a barn.

 

[Lara]

a mixer for making slop to feed the pigs or just to mix feed?

 

[NancyNGA]

No, not used for any feed, or for pigs.

 

[Hanfonius]

(Hope you don't mind me repeating your picture - just so we can all remember).

Anything to do with chicken feed?

 

[Lara]

used for fruit or vegetable produce?

 

[Hanfonius]

Personal hygiene..???

 

[NancyNGA]

No, nothing to do with any kind of feed. Not a chicken or a pig, but, yes, some kind of animal.

This is a tough one. I don't believe the invention was very successful. Good in theory, but not in practice.

 

[Lara]

Rock tumber? haha we're getting desperate…oh, oops, didn't see your post nancy

Yes, I was thinking this invention was probably a bad idea lol

 

[ndynt]

To hold a animal immobile to ? Brand, shear or?

 

[NancyNGA]

YES!!!

Nona, you got it!

Sheep-Shearing Chair
If sheep are set on their rumps, the animals become very calm and are easier to shear. The patent for this sheep-shearing chair says, "The sheep, having been placed on the seat in the position desired for commencing the clipping, is not moved during the entire process. As the clipping progresses, the platform is revolved, so as to bring the rack into different relative positions to the sheep." (The shearer leans the sheep against the rack while shearing it.) Patent granted to Charles McCall and James McCall, Morristown, Ohio, April 6, 1875.

http://www.motherearthnews.com/diy/tools/antique-farm-tools-zm0z11zgri.aspx

 

[Lara]

Congrats Nona!…you're just a smartie pants :yougogirl:ha