OK, don't know if this is NCOWS Legal (Another one)

Started by Delmonico, May 16, 2010, 02:52:18 PM

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Delmonico

May 16, 2010, 02:52:18 PM
But was looking for something else and found this, you know how that goes sometimes.  It's from somewhere around 1900, just not sure if it is pre-1900.  Just thought it was too strange not to post.  Show this to all your friends who say they were born to late. ;D





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Always get the water for the coffee upstream from the herd.

Ab Ovo Usque ad Mala

The time has passed so quick, the years all run together now.

Grizzle Bear

#1
May 17, 2010, 07:16:58 AM
Well, it would only matter if you....uh......actually WORE this device to a shoot, and it improved your shooting.

Then, everybody would want one!

;D

GB
Rob Brannon
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http://www.ncows.org/KVC.htm
"I hereby swear and attest that I am willing to fight four wild Comanches at arm's length with the ammunition I am shooting in today's match."

kflach

#2
May 18, 2010, 03:29:41 PM
This is shocking!



<Someone had to say it!>

gw

#3
May 18, 2010, 04:06:30 PM
   Looks like a gunsmithing tool to me, you know...............to straighten your barrel :o :o :o
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Dutch Limbach

#4
May 18, 2010, 04:16:47 PM
Quote from: gw on May 18, 2010, 04:06:30 PM
   Looks like a gunsmithing tool to me, you know...............to straighten your barrel :o :o :o

Does it work as advertised?
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Delmonico

#5
May 18, 2010, 05:06:35 PM
Quote from: Dutch Limbach on May 18, 2010, 04:16:47 PM
Does it work as advertised?

Don't know, we'd need to find one in a museum and see if the batteries were still being made for it.  If not, I know a guy who could most likely rig one up.  All we would need is a volunteer who needed wanted to try it out.   ;D
Mongrel Historian


Always get the water for the coffee upstream from the herd.

Ab Ovo Usque ad Mala

The time has passed so quick, the years all run together now.

Devil Anse Hatfield

#6
May 19, 2010, 07:33:11 AM
My guess its a form of the moderns TENS units that are used today. Some back brakers use them as an after treatment.  Dad had one for His neck and Back years ago after a crushing injury.
Funny you should post this. Wife and I were in Antique shop few weeks ago. They had such same device for women a violet wand I think is what tag said it was. It cured a whole list of stuff. Snake oil quackery . Made for a good laugh.  But i guess they made them so people tried /used em.

Besides how many people bought the as seen on tv Ab machine that gave a 6 pack look without lifting a weight.

Delmonico

#7
May 21, 2010, 07:33:55 PM
This one is dated 1889 for sure, from the Duke Collection also:



And in case anyone is curious, I'm researching electrical devices for home use in the late 19th Century, not strange medical devices.
Mongrel Historian


Always get the water for the coffee upstream from the herd.

Ab Ovo Usque ad Mala

The time has passed so quick, the years all run together now.

Grizzle Bear

#8
May 23, 2010, 09:40:37 AM
Yeah, sure, Glenn, we believe that........

;D

GB
Rob Brannon
General troublemaker and instigator
NCOWS Senator
NCOWS #357
http://www.ncows.org/KVC.htm
"I hereby swear and attest that I am willing to fight four wild Comanches at arm's length with the ammunition I am shooting in today's match."

Dutch Limbach

#9
May 23, 2010, 02:56:47 PM
Del,

Have you given GW your email address???  ;D
"Men do not differ much about what they will call evils; they differ enormously about what evils they will call excusable."
-- G. K. Chesterton

"I guess when you turn off the main road, you have to be prepared to see some funny houses."
-- Stephen King

Delmonico

#10
May 23, 2010, 02:59:05 PM
Quote from: Dutch Limbach on May 23, 2010, 02:56:47 PM
Del,

Have you given GW your email address???  ;D

It's on my profile, but I found these all by myself.  BTW I bet DR. Bob has some of these devices in his collection.   ;D
Mongrel Historian


Always get the water for the coffee upstream from the herd.

Ab Ovo Usque ad Mala

The time has passed so quick, the years all run together now.

kflach

#11
June 15, 2010, 02:37:50 PM
For medicinal use only, of course...

Dr. Bob

#12
June 19, 2010, 02:02:59 PM
Del,

No, but I wish I did! :o
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Delmonico

#13
June 19, 2010, 02:08:30 PM
Quote from: Dr. Bob on June 19, 2010, 02:02:59 PM
Del,

No, but I wish I did! :o

For the collection or for use?  I think we could build a replica, with modern silicon chips and modern batteries we could reall fire it up.
Mongrel Historian


Always get the water for the coffee upstream from the herd.

Ab Ovo Usque ad Mala

The time has passed so quick, the years all run together now.

French Jack

#14
June 22, 2010, 09:42:20 PM
Actually, if you wore  it under your clothing, no one would be the wiser, IF you didn't exhibit seizures or spastic motions.  Of course, the stimulation might overload your bowels. ;D ::) :o
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Drayton Calhoun

#15
September 05, 2010, 11:00:47 PM
Hey, they had power poles in the 1800's ...
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#16
September 06, 2010, 10:00:30 AM
From French Jack; "no one would be the wiser,"

That's for sure! ;D ;D
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#17
October 03, 2010, 09:44:10 PM
Quote from: Sir Charles deMouton-Black on September 06, 2010, 10:00:30 AM
From French Jack; "no one would be the wiser,"

That's for sure! ;D ;D
Not to mention a possible silly grin... ;D
The first step of becoming a good shooter is knowing which end the bullet comes out of and being on the other end.

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#18
October 04, 2010, 08:47:15 AM
Delmonico,

They have a couple of these in the Sacramento Museum that I docent for ... I'll see if I can get any information to send to you ... and I remember my parents playing parlor games with a unit called the Relaxacisor .... which worked on the idea that by electrifying major muscle groups, one could excercise while watching TV ... kind of a 'better living through electricity' thought ...

http://www.museumofquackery.com/devices/relaxacisor.htm




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Drayton Calhoun

#19
October 12, 2010, 11:12:56 PM
Just don't try to use it overseas, remember they use 220 vac. could cause a wein...ah, well I think you know where this one was going...
The first step of becoming a good shooter is knowing which end the bullet comes out of and being on the other end.
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