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cd.thomson - 14/8/10 at 10:21 AM

Anyone has any idea whats in the pictures below?

Just fetched it out of my parents loft!












MakeEverything - 14/8/10 at 10:26 AM

Looks like an old brewery / still testing kit? Either that or a victorian bong set.

In all seriousness, could it be a victorian asthma set?

[Edited on 14-8-10 by MakeEverything]


mookaloid - 14/8/10 at 11:02 AM

It's a violet ray device

http://www.electroherbalism.com/Bioelectronics/Tesla/VioletRay.htm


eddie99 - 14/8/10 at 11:04 AM

Seriously, whats the point in Antigues Roadshow when you have LCB....


blakep82 - 14/8/10 at 12:03 PM

that thing with the switch and the dial on it, saw one exactly like it on one of BBCs daytime shows. cash in the attic perhaps? its like a massage 'vibration therapy' type device, the different glass heads were for different different area, arms heads, feets etc.
if i'd known you would ask, i'd have paid more attention.... it was the exact same model though


rusty nuts - 14/8/10 at 12:16 PM

If I told you I would have to kill you!


interestedparty - 14/8/10 at 02:57 PM

quote:
Originally posted by mookaloid
It's a violet ray device

http://www.electroherbalism.com/Bioelectronics/Tesla/VioletRay.htm



There's a more technical description here
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Violet_ray

what's BDSM?


Humbug - 14/8/10 at 03:38 PM

Early American contraceptive? linky

DIfferent version of Austin Powers' Swedish-made penis enlargement pump?



[Edited on 14.08.2010 by Humbug]


chrsgrain - 14/8/10 at 05:56 PM

sounds like electrical homeopathy to me.... ie complete bollox.... but a nice thing to own nevertheless!

Chris