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    Offline 1BADFISH™

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    Anyone know what this is? Leeds and Northrup
    « on: April 23, 2013 - 11:05:56 PM »
    Hey Guys, local antique shop has this and the guy doesn't know anything about it. I think its really cool and was thinking of picking it up but was really wanting to find out more information about it. Here are two pics. Tag said patented by Leeds and Northrup. Looks like some sort of seismic or electric graphing machine.

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    Re: Anyone know what this is? Leeds and Northrup
    « Reply #1 on: April 23, 2013 - 11:07:27 PM »
    only see an X - no pic....
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    Re: Anyone know what this is? Leeds and Northrup
    « Reply #2 on: April 24, 2013 - 08:59:52 AM »
    I did a Google search on Leeds and Northrup and found a ton of stuff on them. It looks like it's some sort of early measuring and recording device.
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    Re: Anyone know what this is? Leeds and Northrup
    « Reply #3 on: April 24, 2013 - 09:23:23 AM »
    Quote from: BIGSHCLUNK on April 23, 2013 - 11:07:27 PM
    only see an X - no pic....

    this work?

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    Re: Anyone know what this is? Leeds and Northrup
    « Reply #4 on: April 24, 2013 - 10:33:51 AM »

    If you guys were from earthquake country you'd know its a seismograph

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    Re: Anyone know what this is? Leeds and Northrup
    « Reply #5 on: April 24, 2013 - 10:56:07 AM »
    I thought it was a rich guys toilet paper dispenser. You hook seismographs to all the chairs in your house and then hook them to the machine. Any time someone farts or has a stomach grumble, the dispenser spits out the appropriate amount of toilet paper.
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    Re: Anyone know what this is? Leeds and Northrup
    « Reply #6 on: April 24, 2013 - 11:11:56 AM »
    Quote from: 06Daytona on April 24, 2013 - 10:56:07 AM
    I thought it was a rich guys toilet paper dispenser. You hook seismographs to all the chairs in your house and then hook them to the machine. Any time someone farts or has a stomach grumble, the dispenser spits out the appropriate amount of toilet paper.

     :smilielol:  :smilielol: NOW thats funny,thats exactly what i thought it was.  :smilielol:

    better get a double roller one after drinking a bunch of beers,eating onions and some beans..........  :smilielol:
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    Re: Anyone know what this is? Leeds and Northrup
    « Reply #7 on: April 24, 2013 - 11:37:35 AM »
    Quote from: 06Daytona on April 24, 2013 - 10:56:07 AM
    I thought it was a rich guys toilet paper dispenser. You hook seismographs to all the chairs in your house and then hook them to the machine. Any time someone farts or has a stomach grumble, the dispenser spits out the appropriate amount of toilet paper.


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    Re: Anyone know what this is? Leeds and Northrup
    « Reply #8 on: April 24, 2013 - 01:45:10 PM »
    Quote from: HP_Cuda on April 24, 2013 - 10:33:51 AM
    If you guys were from earthquake country you'd know its a seismograph

     :2thumbs:

    So its some sort of Seismograph? We don't have Earthquakes here in Canada so I'm wondering how it made its way to the east coast lol. Any idea of age.? Store only wants $100 for it and I thought it would look cool in my office with a little light in it.   :2thumbs:

    Or maybe I'll even put it in the John and make a fancy dispenser.....   :smilielol:
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    Re: Anyone know what this is? Leeds and Northrup
    « Reply #9 on: April 24, 2013 - 02:06:49 PM »
    Quote from: MOPAR FANATIC on April 24, 2013 - 11:11:56 AM
    :smilielol:  :smilielol: NOW thats funny,thats exactly what i thought it was.  :smilielol:

    better get a double roller one after drinking a bunch of beers,eating onions and some beans..........  :smilielol:

    same here!  :2thumbs:
    Really I think it's an early "flux capacitor"  :misbehaving: :misbehaving:
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    Re: Anyone know what this is? Leeds and Northrup
    « Reply #10 on: April 24, 2013 - 03:00:14 PM »
    Humidity monitors look very similar.
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    Re: Anyone know what this is? Leeds and Northrup
    « Reply #11 on: April 24, 2013 - 03:44:48 PM »
    Leeds & Northrup was founded in Philadelphia by Morris E. Leeds as Morris E. Leeds & Company.  Dr. Edwin F. Northrup, an educator, scientist and engineer, joined the partnership in 1903.  The company produced high quality electrical measuring laboratory instruments.  Until then, the best precision instruments came from Germany, but Leeds & Northrop provided an American-made alternative.  The company produced a number of innovative measuring devices for education, science and industry, including the world’s first electronic recorder in 1929.  Since 1978, the company has been resold and renamed.  Since 1995, it has been part of the multi-national  Heraeus Electro-Nite Co. and is now known as L&N Metallurgical Products Co., producing industrial molten metal sensors and instrumentation for the international market.

    Found this on an antique dealers website. Maybe this is the "world's first electronic recorder"   :jumping:
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