Identify This No. 99

Here is a specialist object but fits a general class of objects. What is it?

More about "Identify This"... http://365project.org/netkonnexion/number03/2011-05-11

Previously, in ID This No. 97...
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Well, in ID This 97 you saw a pocket inspection mirror. Many of you thought it was a dentists mirror. However, that little joint is not needed by a dentist, they work at a constant angle. Also the joint would be a nightmare to sterilise. ID No.97 shows the sort of mirror an engineer might use to see under another part of an engine (say), or a mother might use to look under a sofa for a lost toy etc. The handle has a pocket catch, but it also conceals an antenna-like extender so you can see deep into, or under something with the mirror (something else a dentist would not need). I was a computer engineer for many years and used this mirror to look for lost bolts etc.

A number of correct answers. Details below!

Honorable mentions...
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lorihiro - Looks like the instrument a dentist uses to check your back teeth! My wild guess of the day! ;-) Net says:-->> Not far from the truth, but wrong! LOL>

Rick Schies - This is some handy little miror, either used by the dentist or an electonic repair manto see behind all the connectors ? Net says:-->> The latter! Correct. Yaaaqaaahoooow!!

mittens (Marilyn) - It does look like a mirror. It almost looks like it's on a pen. Net says:-->> Oooops! yes, this is an inspection mirror! Yaahy!

Paula Cook-Farkas - It is a dentist's mirror to check your mouth, but it also appears to have the ability to transform into your average ballpoint pen! Net says:-->> OOOOOHHH! So nearly there! LOL.

Crazy Girl - my original answer is to horrible to mention as my sense of propriety takes over at the moment (yes i do randomly decide to behave myself) so i am saying its one of those telescoping (i'm sure i spelt that wrong) mirrors used for looking in tight places and under things. Net says:-->> Excellontio Maximus!!! Correctus - topus markus!!! Yeeehaaa!

Nancy Holte - While it looks like something a dentist would use to look at your teeth, I've never seen one of those with clip on it. SO, I'm gonna say it's a magnifier that you can pull out of your pocket when the words on the menu are too small to read. I mean really, why bring glasses when this cool little magnifier is so much more fun. :) In other words, I'm clueless. Net says:-->> wonderful waffle for cluelessness! a "Doohicky Award!" Yaaho!

Paula Brumbe - I shall go with a telescoping mirror that was used back in the day to look up ladies skirts to see the mysteries of young lads worlds. Net says:-->> Excellent Answer. Love that one so much you get a correct!!! And, you get a Doohicky Award! LOL... YYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEHHHHHHHHHHHHa!

Shanne - dentist's mirror - for looking at the back of the mouth. Mind you the army camps have big ones on wheels to look under cars to check for bombs. Net says:-->> Ah! There you go you see. You have a great answer there. This could be used for that bomb thingy, but its a little small. However, I think you get a "Doohicky Award!" Yaeeeeeeeeeeha! LOL>

Shirley Chetwynd - yeah a mirror to look under or behind hard to get to places. Net says:-->> Correct. Well done. Yahooooooooo!!

judith deacon - completely off the wall, is it some kind of pen/instrument for engraving with a magnifier attached? Net says:-->> Oooops! No, but a Doohicky Award! Yaahy!

Interesting answers tonight, thanks for dropping by.See the next picture before you go to bed tonight!

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[lorihiro]

I hope it's not a medical instrument! You seem to enjoy it when I answer incorrectly! LOL! Well...I shall put on my creative thinking cap on for #100! ;-)

[Netkonnexion]

@lorihiro - the incorrect ones are the fun ones! Have a go - we will all enjoy the outcome - especially if it is inventive!

[Sue]

math compass

[Crazy Girl]

it is a compass thingy. They use them of course in math and in drafting for drawing circles

[mittens (Marilyn)]

Some kind of draftsman thingy.

[Alta D©]

a-ha! a moore&wright caliper! =)

['Saint' kk4go]

This a machinist measuring gauge. It is used to compare interior diameters of two bored holed.

[Paula Cook-Farkas]

Ummmm, this looks like some type of torture device. Either that or it's a nutcracker...or maybe it's one in the same.

[Vicki Kell]

one of thoses gadgets to measure out a circle

[Rick Schies]

It's a caliper, typically used to measure internal dimensions of an object. I used them during my high school years when in machine shop, along with my micrometers. .

[Jennifer C]

I'm with Rick, if you don't know it's a good thing to copy the perspn above you! A Caliper

[bkb in the city]

I agree with Rick. I have not seen one of those for a long time

[Shirley Chetwynd]

I'm going to follow Rick and Jennifer ,just to be on the safe side.

[Shanne]

they're measuring callipers - used for technical drawings amongst other things

[Alison Hewitt Bailey]

Yeah, those calliper things, I remember when they always put them in those tin boxes full of geometry instruments and nobody ever used them. They got taken out of the tin and put into that drawer in the sideboard that was chock full of other useful stuff that nobody ever used.

[Sue Wilde]

Calliper. Used for measuring internal measurements...you can tell that because the little endy bits are turned out. If you use callipers for external measurements then the endy bits are turned in.

[Kathy A]

Some measuring thing.

[Vanessa Walters]

this is a very cool shot all by itself like that

[Paula x2 Brumbe]

I would use this if I needed to measure important things such as the width of my feet, the size of my toothbrush head, the length of my nose. Specifically spring calipers would measure all that and more.

[Paula x2 Brumbe]

Oh well I see now it is internal, so I use it to measure the inside space between my toes and my ear canal. so internal spring calipers.