What is it? LIX

333 - mute for a "brass"(i.e.: trumpet, trombone) 336 - some type of hydrometer for measuring specific gravity of a liquid. 337 - Thought rasp, but surface looks almost like non-stick treatment, so maybe an electric griddle surface of some type.

336 looks like some kind of syringe or pippette that you use to hold something. The scale is probobly for measuring what you are picking up 337 looks like a close up of a meat hammer 338 looks like its a stake of some kind

333: a mute

334: device for opening jars

335: you were trying to determine the focal length of the mirror formed by the dished bottom

336: a hydrometer

333. mute for trumpet etc. 334. can't guess 335. starting a fire (?) (not smooth and flat enough to be an optical mirror) 336. specific gravity of fluid 337. beating your meat 337. can't guess (at first i thought "tent stake" then thought "no way" i am curious about this. at 14" it's too big and heavy to be a tent stake. tried to guess the material it's made of. tin coated copper, galvanized steel, aluminum? something to do with electric transmission equipment? some sort of anodic material? magnesium? that would be a absurdly large spike.)

335: you're using the polished end of the soft drink can as a reflector to start a fire.

335. You are actually using the soda can to measure the height of the tree in the reflection.

333. Antibrass. 334. Jelly wrench. 335. To see if soda can make women pretty as well as beer can. 336. Device to transfer acid onto pants. 337. Politician. 337.2 Stake for killing vampire gophers.

333: Ashtray 334: Hole saw 335: Trying to use can as barometer 336: Measures specific gravity 337: Waffle iron 338: Tent stake

334: Does that toothed collar spin freely? Then I'm guessing it's some kind of power jar opener or cleat remover. 337B Paint Stirrer (or Milkshake Maker Beater)

Cheers! Rich

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333) Mute for Coronet or Trumpet (I saw this answer, as I came in at the wrong point in the thread -- but I agree with the answer.

334) Wrench for removing jar lids -- probably something like olive jar lids -- flat and not very tall.

335) Inversion of image by being outside the focal length of a concave mirror.

336) Hydrometer -- for determining the specific gravity of a liquid.

Perhaps for acid mix in lead-acid battery fluid, since the specific gravity range is entirely above 1.00. Alcohol proof hydrometers would read below 1.00, I believe.

337) Rubber friction grip on something flat? The shape of the projections is wrong for it to be an extreme close-up of a file, and also wrong for a waffle iron.

338) The scale might be about right for steps on an electric power pole, but I would not expect the hook to be two-sided.

Perhaps to lay cables on in a cable run between floors in an industrial building?

Enjoy, DoN.

335. Fire starting.

Carl G.

333. Mute for brass instrument

334. Jar wrench

335. You polished the can with a chocolate bar and wrapper

336. Battery hydrometer

337. Might be vice jaws (pulled that one out of my arse) 338. Military tent stake

Robert

333. Old timey malt mixing cup. 334. No clue 335. No clue 336. Hydrometer 337. Meat tenderizer 338. Tent stake.

RCM

Gary Brady

Actually no... for beer and wine they read above 1.00 as well.

You measure the 'wort' before fermenting and then as you bottle it. The difference. which relates to the amount of sugar converted to alcohol, gives the alcohol content. You generally bottle at just above 1.000, or just below for some wines.

The difference between the SG of alcohol and water, combined with the fact that after fermenting there are still some high-density solids in solution, makes direct alcohol content reading for beer and wine using a hydrometer impossible.

Distilled spirits might be another story.

And since this hydrometer starts at 1.1 (IIRC), it would not work for the wines, at least.

And distilled spirits are what are commonly rated in "proof", which is what I referred to.

Enjoy, DoN.

I still think it looks like a saccarometer. The range is right, although most are scaled in "potential alcohol" as well as specific gravity.

LLoyd

Not at all... it is labelled from 1.04 to 1.00, and you could easily use it down to 0.99, ie it would work for every kind of beer or wine.

Ah but you were using the 'not for proof alcohol' argument to argue in favour of it being a lead-acid battery hydrometer, which is what I was disagreeing with.

In fact a healthy discharged lead-acid battery has an SG of 1.12, and charged it should be 1.265, so this particular hydrometer would bob around like a cork on the ocean in any liquid that came out of a battery.

An OG of 1040 wouldn't do for several beers I've fond of. Which I suspect means it wouldn't do for a lot of un-fermented wine worts either.