What the HECK is this thing??????

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http://cgi.ebay.com/PATENT-GLASS-BALL-LIGHTING-SEPT-29-1863-BOTTLE_W0QQitemZ290507784296QQcategoryZ13910QQcmdZViewItemQQ_trksidZp4340.m8QQ_trkparmsZalgo%3DMW%26its%3DC%26itu%3DUCC%26otn%3D5%26ps%3D63%26clkid%3D5534768301424240338

 

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type of hanging fire grenade I think......I bid too $42 with no success so someone thinks it's good...ended at $42 and avery cool thing I think????

 

[GuntherHess]

Pretty cool item. It looks like a collector for condensate collection like you see on compressors.

 

[cyberdigger]

I'm intrigued about what it really is.. and I love the typo.. PATENDED [>:]

 

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I almost kept bidding but I don't want to become a bottle and thig-a-ma-jig collector .....I saw this same globe on a fire grenade collectors page and think it may have hung over something possibly filled with liquid?????

http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:kb_a5Awd03wJ:home-and-garden.webshots.com/photo/1025475717032898341uLSYmDityY+%22patended%22+sept+29th+1863&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us

 

[woody]

a hanging lamp

 

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ORIGINAL: woody

a hanging lamp

is there some sort of element Woody??? how would it work, what lit up???

 

[cyberdigger]

I know I just did..[8|]

 

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Your input is highly valued Charlie....[]

 

[GuntherHess]

there was a type of furnace patented on that date , it might be part of that.