Silicon carbide ? Or calcium carbide? I still have a blue can of it around from 30 years ago when they sold it as camping supplies.
carl -------------------------------------------------------- Henry Carl Ott N2RVQ [email protected] On Wed, Aug 19, 2020 at 4:10 PM GastonP <[email protected]> wrote: > It looks like that, and the tubes are the gas generators. The port for > loading the silicon carbide could be on the opposite side, and the water > was to be loaded through the bronze pipes with copper-color stoppers. > > On Tuesday, August 18, 2020 at 1:29:32 PM UTC-3 Tony Adams wrote: > >> Acetylene lighthouse lamp?. >> >> On Tue, 18 Aug 2020 17:18:17 +0100, you wrote: >> >> >I know many of you like the steampunk look and so might forgive the >> >off-topic picture. >> > >> >This item was in use every day between 1914 and 1988. Can you guess what >> >it is? I bet some clever clogs here knows. >> > >> >John S >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "neonixie-l" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/11d8d969-d869-481c-8b91-b8f417f2db52n%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/11d8d969-d869-481c-8b91-b8f417f2db52n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "neonixie-l" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/CAP_hP_QOJcGVWBgXEQWkTga83QAG_JdK3zzLte9K3BNkf5JsOA%40mail.gmail.com.
