=A0 Hello Galoots! =A0 I recently came into posession of a heavy-duty
brass(?) inclinator type tool. I've never seen one quite like this
before, and it has an inscription on it which doesn't appear to be
English. =A0 I can make out a little crown-like symbol, and the number
1904 - which I'm assuming is the year of manufacture (?) =A0 Can anyone
tell me what this is exactly, and what the inscription says - and
therefore what language it's in? =A0 Pics are here: =A0
http://img.auctiva.com/imgdata/7/7/5/0/9/8/webimg/566438906_o.jpg =A0
http://img.auctiva.com/imgdata/7/7/5/0/9/8/webimg/566438934_o.jpg =A0
http://img.auctiva.com/imgdata/7/7/5/0/9/8/webimg/566438950_o.jpg =A0
http://img.auctiva.com/imgdata/7/7/5/0/9/8/webimg/566438973_o.jpg =A0
=A0 Thanks in advance for any help you can give me, =A0 Ian.
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I dunno, but it's a cool device.

I am theorizing that it might actually be part of a gun sight for a 
field artillery piece. Whatever it is, it's pretty cool.

- Bill T.

On 4/20/2012 8:57 AM, R C wrote:
>   
> Hello Galoots!
>   
> I recently came into posession of a heavy-duty brass(?) inclinator type tool.
I've never seen one quite like this before, and it has an inscription on it
which doesn't appear to be English.
>   
> I can make out a little crown-like symbol, and the number 1904 - which I'm
assuming is the year of manufacture (?)
>   
> Can anyone tell me what this is exactly, and what the inscription says - and
therefore what language it's in?
>   
> Pics are here:
>   
> http://img.auctiva.com/imgdata/7/7/5/0/9/8/webimg/566438906_o.jpg
>   
> http://img.auctiva.com/imgdata/7/7/5/0/9/8/webimg/566438934_o.jpg
>   
> http://img.auctiva.com/imgdata/7/7/5/0/9/8/webimg/566438950_o.jpg
>   
> http://img.auctiva.com/imgdata/7/7/5/0/9/8/webimg/566438973_o.jpg
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I would call it an Inclinometer
a better mailing list for this item is
rete@m...
where scientific instruments are discussed and museum curators who lurk there
may well know of that item and maker.

I have a very similar one but a different maker

Dave Caroline

On Fri, Apr 20, 2012 at 1:57 PM, R C <musashisakai@y...> wrote:
>
> Hello Galoots!
>
> I recently came into posession of a heavy-duty brass(?) inclinator type tool.
I've never seen one quite like this before, and it has an inscription on it
which doesn't appear to be English.
>
> I can make out a little crown-like symbol, and the number 1904 - which I'm
assuming is the year of manufacture (?)
>
> Can anyone tell me what this is exactly, and what the inscription says - and
therefore what language it's in?
>
> Pics are here:
>
> http://img.auctiva.com/imgdata/7/7/5/0/9/8/webimg/566438906_o.jpg
>
> http://img.auctiva.com/imgdata/7/7/5/0/9/8/webimg/566438934_o.jpg
>
> http://img.auctiva.com/imgdata/7/7/5/0/9/8/webimg/566438950_o.jpg
>
> http://img.auctiva.com/imgdata/7/7/5/0/9/8/webimg/566438973_o.jpg
>
>
> Thanks in advance for any help you can give me,
>
> Ian.
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That is unquestionably a "gunner's quadrant"=2C used to set up an
artillery piece for range.

Based on the size and the inscription=2C I'm going to take a SWAG and
wager that it is French or Belgian and that it belongs to the era of
World War ONE.


There is a non-classified US Army manual which shows symbols used on
foreign ordinance. Probably available as a reprint=2C as are many
TM's and FM's.


                                          ------------------------------
                                          ------------------------------
                                          ------------

That's Russian, surely? Some language that uses the Cyrillic alphabet, anyway. I
don't know Russian, but I recognize the second letter beneath the little crown
on the left, and the sort of upside-down L over toward the right.

Tom Conroy
 
Ian wrote: "I recently came into posession of a heavy-duty brass(?) inclinator
type tool... Can anyone tell me what this is exactly, and what the inscription
says - and therefore what language it's in?
 
http://img.auctiva.com/imgdata/7/7/5/0/9/8/webimg/566438906_o.jpg
 
http://img.auctiva.com/imgdata/7/7/5/0/9/8/webimg/566438973_o.jpg
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It gets worse. Everything he builds with it will belong  to other people.

On 4/20/2012 5:28 PM, Thomas Conroy wrote:
> That's Russian, surely? Some language that uses the Cyrillic alphabet, anyway.
I don't know Russian, but I recognize the second letter beneath the little crown
on the left, and the sort of upside-down L over toward the right.
>
> Tom Conroy
>
> Ian wrote: "I recently came into posession of a heavy-duty brass(?) inclinator
type tool... Can anyone tell me what this is exactly, and what the inscription
says - and therefore what language it's in?
>
> http://img.auctiva.com/imgdata/7/7/5/0/9/8/webimg/566438906_o.jpg
>
> http://img.auctiva.com/imgdata/7/7/5/0/9/8/webimg/566438973_o.jpg
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
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We all know that...Politics has no place on the porch.

It has already been established that it is not a woodworking related tool. A 
porch member has stated that it is a "gunner's quadrant".

So again, let's leave the politics at home, or on a political blog.

T.A.S.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Cliff Rohrabacher, Esq" <rohrabacher@e...>
To: <oldtools@r...>
Sent: Friday, April 20, 2012 6:41 PM
Subject: Re: [OldTools] Re: Mystery inclinator - help needed!

> It gets worse. Everything he builds with it will belong  to other people.
>
> On 4/20/2012 5:28 PM, Thomas Conroy wrote:
>> That's Russian, surely? Some language that uses the Cyrillic alphabet, 
>> anyway. I don't know Russian, but I recognize the second letter beneath 
>> the little crown on the left, and the sort of upside-down L over toward 
>> the right.
>>
>> Tom Conroy
>>
>> Ian wrote: "I recently came into posession of a heavy-duty brass(?) 
>> inclinator type tool... Can anyone tell me what this is exactly, and what 
>> the inscription says - and therefore what language it's in?
>>
>> http://img.auctiva.com/imgdata/7/7/5/0/9/8/webimg/566438906_o.jpg
>>
>> http://img.auctiva.com/imgdata/7/7/5/0/9/8/webimg/566438973_o.jpg
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> OldTools is a mailing list catering to the interests of hand tool
>> aficionados, both collectors and users, to discuss the history, usage,
>> value, location, availability, collectibility, and restoration of
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don't be such a humorless whining crybaby

On 4/20/2012 8:19 PM, Thomas Schilling wrote:
> We all know that...Politics has no place on the porch.
>
> It has already been established that it is not a woodworking related 
> tool. A porch member has stated that it is a "gunner's quadrant".
>
> So again, let's leave the politics at home, or on a political blog.
>
> T.A.S.
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cliff Rohrabacher, Esq" 
> <rohrabacher@e...>
> To: <oldtools@r...>
> Sent: Friday, April 20, 2012 6:41 PM
> Subject: Re: [OldTools] Re: Mystery inclinator - help needed!
>
>
>> It gets worse. Everything he builds with it will belong  to other 
>> people.
>>
>> On 4/20/2012 5:28 PM, Thomas Conroy wrote:
>>> That's Russian, surely? Some language that uses the Cyrillic 
>>> alphabet, anyway. I don't know Russian, but I recognize the second 
>>> letter beneath the little crown on the left, and the sort of 
>>> upside-down L over toward the right.
>>>
>>> Tom Conroy
>>>
>>> Ian wrote: "I recently came into posession of a heavy-duty brass(?) 
>>> inclinator type tool... Can anyone tell me what this is exactly, and 
>>> what the inscription says - and therefore what language it's in?
>>>
>>> http://img.auctiva.com/imgdata/7/7/5/0/9/8/webimg/566438906_o.jpg
>>>
>>> http://img.auctiva.com/imgdata/7/7/5/0/9/8/webimg/566438973_o.jpg
>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 
>>>
>>> OldTools is a mailing list catering to the interests of hand tool
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Aw, gee.  That wasn't politics. The old USSR is long dead.  It was a witty
comment, no more political than joking about corruption in the Grant
administration.  Some of you guys need to fertilize and cultivate your
senses of humor.  Or is humor prohibited on the porch these days?

And, while it might be a gunner's quadrant, we have been known to differ
over identification...

I haven't a clue what it is.  Probably a gunner's quadrant...

J

Joseph Sullivan

 
 

-----Original Message-----
From: oldtools-bounces@r...
[mailto:oldtools-bounces@r...] On Behalf Of Thomas
Schilling
Sent: Friday, April 20, 2012 7:19 PM
To: oldtools@r...
Subject: Re: [OldTools] Re: Mystery inclinator - help needed!

We all know that...Politics has no place on the porch.

It has already been established that it is not a woodworking related tool. A
porch member has stated that it is a "gunner's quadrant".

So again, let's leave the politics at home, or on a political blog.

T.A.S.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Cliff Rohrabacher, Esq" <rohrabacher@e...>
To: <oldtools@r...>
Sent: Friday, April 20, 2012 6:41 PM
Subject: Re: [OldTools] Re: Mystery inclinator - help needed!

> It gets worse. Everything he builds with it will belong  to other people.
>
> On 4/20/2012 5:28 PM, Thomas Conroy wrote:
>> That's Russian, surely? Some language that uses the Cyrillic alphabet, 
>> anyway. I don't know Russian, but I recognize the second letter beneath 
>> the little crown on the left, and the sort of upside-down L over toward 
>> the right.
>>
>> Tom Conroy
>>
>> Ian wrote: "I recently came into posession of a heavy-duty brass(?) 
>> inclinator type tool... Can anyone tell me what this is exactly, and what

>> the inscription says - and therefore what language it's in?
>>
>> http://img.auctiva.com/imgdata/7/7/5/0/9/8/webimg/566438906_o.jpg
>>
>> http://img.auctiva.com/imgdata/7/7/5/0/9/8/webimg/566438973_o.jpg
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
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>> aficionados, both collectors and users, to discuss the history, usage,
>> value, location, availability, collectibility, and restoration of
>> traditional handtools, especially woodworking tools.
>>
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A gunner's quadrant could make a fine construction tool.
But it has the word gun in is so it's gotta be bad.

On 4/20/2012 8:54 PM, Joseph Sullivan wrote:
> Aw, gee.  That wasn't politics. The old USSR is long dead.  It was a witty
> comment, no more political than joking about corruption in the Grant
> administration.  Some of you guys need to fertilize and cultivate your
> senses of humor.  Or is humor prohibited on the porch these days?
>
> And, while it might be a gunner's quadrant, we have been known to differ
> over identification...
>
> I haven't a clue what it is.  Probably a gunner's quadrant...
>
> J
>
> Joseph Sullivan
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: oldtools-bounces@r...
> [mailto:oldtools-bounces@r...] On Behalf Of Thomas
> Schilling
> Sent: Friday, April 20, 2012 7:19 PM
> To: oldtools@r...
> Subject: Re: [OldTools] Re: Mystery inclinator - help needed!
>
> We all know that...Politics has no place on the porch.
>
> It has already been established that it is not a woodworking related tool. A
> porch member has stated that it is a "gunner's quadrant".
>
> So again, let's leave the politics at home, or on a political blog.
>
> T.A.S.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Cliff Rohrabacher, Esq"<rohrabacher@e...>
> To:<oldtools@r...>
> Sent: Friday, April 20, 2012 6:41 PM
> Subject: Re: [OldTools] Re: Mystery inclinator - help needed!
>
>
>> It gets worse. Everything he builds with it will belong  to other people.
>>
>> On 4/20/2012 5:28 PM, Thomas Conroy wrote:
>>> That's Russian, surely? Some language that uses the Cyrillic alphabet,
>>> anyway. I don't know Russian, but I recognize the second letter beneath
>>> the little crown on the left, and the sort of upside-down L over toward
>>> the right.
>>>
>>> Tom Conroy
>>>
>>> Ian wrote: "I recently came into posession of a heavy-duty brass(?)
>>> inclinator type tool... Can anyone tell me what this is exactly, and what
>>> the inscription says - and therefore what language it's in?
>>>
>>> http://img.auctiva.com/imgdata/7/7/5/0/9/8/webimg/566438906_o.jpg
>>>
>>> http://img.auctiva.com/imgdata/7/7/5/0/9/8/webimg/566438973_o.jpg
>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>> OldTools is a mailing list catering to the interests of hand tool
>>> aficionados, both collectors and users, to discuss the history, usage,
>>> value, location, availability, collectibility, and restoration of
>>> traditional handtools, especially woodworking tools.
>>>
>>> To change your subscription options:
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>>>
>>> To read the FAQ:
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>>>
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>>>
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>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
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>> And, while it might be a gunner's quadrant, we have been known to differ
>> over identification...
>>
>> I haven't a clue what it is. =A0Probably a gunner's quadrant...

I think it's a leather working tool.

cur - always helpful at the end of the day
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Can't be a leather working tool - no nib.

Steve aKg usually helpless at the end of the day

On Fri, Apr 20, 2012 at 9:15 PM, curt seeliger <seeligerc@g...> wrote:
>>> And, while it might be a gunner's quadrant, we have been known to
>>> differ over identification...
>>>
>>> I haven't a clue what it is. =A0Probably a gunner's quadrant...
>
> I think it's a leather working tool.
>
> cur - always helpful at the end of the day
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 Cur--- Now that's funny! It seems like it always is, if you tell it
 right.

 "I've got a weak back." "Since when?" "Oh, about a week back..."
 best; gam If you were Einstein's father, we wouldn't have the bomb."
 Peggy Hill

--- On Fri, 4/20/12, curt seeliger <seeligerc@g...> wrote: And, while it
might be a
> gunner's quadrant, we have been known to differ
> >> over identification...
> >>
> >> I haven't a clue what it is. =A0Probably a gunner's
> quadrant...

 I think it's a leather working tool.

 cur - always helpful at the end of the day

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Cliff Rohrbacher wrote: "It gets worse. Everything he builds with it will belong
to other people." 

[grin]

No, its Czarist (little crown, right?). He can hire someone to build something
with it, if he can find someone who knows how who hasn't already starved or gone
to Siberia.

Alternately, if (as seems likely) its part of a WWI gunsight, he can shoot at
what he wants with it, but only once a week, and the shell will go in the wrong
direction.

Tom Conroy

Left-Menshevik, and if you don't see the joke in that one you aren't the sort of
person whose grandparents were S.R. in the old country. 

OT content: Can someone with experience tell me the proper carbon content and
wall thickness for casting bowling-ball shaped bombs? It seems to be pretty
basic foundry work, but I'm getting a lot of rejects; maybe the cellar I'm
working in isn't cold or damp enough. And they're so heavy I can only throw them
about three feet.
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According to my linguistic advisor (SWMBO), the language is indeed Russian.

On the bottom of the tool is 1904 Г. This means 1904 year (Год), so the 
tool predates the USSR; it is from the time of the Tsars. The middle 
word on top is Легкой which means 'light' as in lightweight. 
Unfortunately, the 'LOT 200A' sticker covers the another word (likely a 
noun). The first word is something of a mystery, it looks like it may be 
И�пр which is an abbreviation of И�правлен, meaning 'fixed' or 
'corrected'. This suggests that it is a second, or later, version of the 
tool. If a photo without the lot sticker is available, we can take 
another look.

Tim
Perfect weather in NJ today. :)

Joseph Sullivan wrote:
> Aw, gee.  That wasn't politics. The old USSR is long dead.  It was a witty
> comment, no more political than joking about corruption in the Grant
> administration.  Some of you guys need to fertilize and cultivate your
> senses of humor.  Or is humor prohibited on the porch these days?
>
> And, while it might be a gunner's quadrant, we have been known to differ
> over identification...
>
> I haven't a clue what it is.  Probably a gunner's quadrant...
>
> J
>
> Joseph Sullivan
>
>  
>  
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: oldtools-bounces@r...
> [mailto:oldtools-bounces@r...] On Behalf Of Thomas
> Schilling
> Sent: Friday, April 20, 2012 7:19 PM
> To: oldtools@r...
> Subject: Re: [OldTools] Re: Mystery inclinator - help needed!
>
> We all know that...Politics has no place on the porch.
>
> It has already been established that it is not a woodworking related tool. A
> porch member has stated that it is a "gunner's quadrant".
>
> So again, let's leave the politics at home, or on a political blog.
>
> T.A.S.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Cliff Rohrabacher, Esq" <rohrabacher@e...>
> To: <oldtools@r...>
> Sent: Friday, April 20, 2012 6:41 PM
> Subject: Re: [OldTools] Re: Mystery inclinator - help needed!
>
>
>   
>> It gets worse. Everything he builds with it will belong  to other people.
>>
>> On 4/20/2012 5:28 PM, Thomas Conroy wrote:
>>     
>>> That's Russian, surely? Some language that uses the Cyrillic alphabet, 
>>> anyway. I don't know Russian, but I recognize the second letter beneath 
>>> the little crown on the left, and the sort of upside-down L over toward 
>>> the right.
>>>
>>> Tom Conroy
>>>
>>> Ian wrote: "I recently came into posession of a heavy-duty brass(?) 
>>> inclinator type tool... Can anyone tell me what this is exactly, and what
>>>       
>
>   
>>> the inscription says - and therefore what language it's in?
>>>
>>> http://img.auctiva.com/imgdata/7/7/5/0/9/8/webimg/566438906_o.jpg
>>>
>>> http://img.auctiva.com/imgdata/7/7/5/0/9/8/webimg/566438973_o.jpg
>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>> OldTools is a mailing list catering to the interests of hand tool
>>> aficionados, both collectors and users, to discuss the history, usage,
>>> value, location, availability, collectibility, and restoration of
>>> traditional handtools, especially woodworking tools.
>>>
>>> To change your subscription options:
>>> http://ruckus.law.cornell.edu/mailman/listinfo/oldtools
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On 4/21/2012 6:20 PM, Tim wrote:
> it is from the time of the Tsars
Maybe it was handled by royalty?   To aim a tiny toy canon for a little 
Nikky?
OHHHHHH

Might be worth more than  the auctioneer's got .

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