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Tuesday, February 28, 2012

Power the future


Engineering or art?
Ft. Lauderdale, FL, January 2012
About this photo: Thematic celebrates all things greyish this week. You can, too, by clicking here.
I'd like to play a bit of a game with this one, as I had no idea what I was looking at when I first came across it. Only the helpful museum information panel nearby filled in my otherwise clueless head.

Suffice to say, I gave thanks to some nameless, likely long-gone engineers for coming up with something so vital, and for taking the time to give it some aesthetic panache as well.

Your turn: What is this thing?
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3 comments:

  1. Lisa Shafer12:26 AM, February 29, 2012

    Just glue some gears on it and call it "steampunk!"
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFCuE5rHbPA

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  2. ifthethunderdontgetya™³²®©8:09 AM, February 29, 2012

    It's a radial engine for an aircraft.
    ~

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  3. Hope11:31 AM, February 29, 2012

    ummmm...a thingamajigcarboratourfistervalve thingy.

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