Guess what this is a photo of!

[Barbara L]

Not yet. And although it is used to measure direction (and something else), it isn't direction in the way you might think.

Barbara

 

[buckytom]

does it have someting to do with weather or the stars?

 

[expatgirl]

are we talking about the length of something?

 

[Barbara L]

Nothing to do with weather, stars, or length.

I'll be back in a few hours. Just got up long enough to see James off to school and check in here.

Barbara

 

[quicksilver]

Shirt collars and hat brim measurements?

 

[Barbara L]

Nope. The thing it measures cannot be seen.

Barbara

 

[Barbara L]

Buckytom's weather answer is the closest so far, but not it.

HUGE clue: Something to do with the planet we live on. Well, most of us!

Barbara

 

[expatgirl]

something to do with air????

 

[pacanis]

Buckytom's weather answer is the closest so far, but not it.

HUGE clue: Something to do with the planet we live on. Well, most of us!

Barbara

Currently?


Does it measure the stars path across the sky?

 

[Andy M.]

Phases of the moon?

 

[Barbara L]

Not air or moon or even frog. It's just little old me, Under... oh wait! Lost my head for a minute!

I think I may be on the same planet pacanis is on!

Barbara

 

[babetoo]

strange object

measures wind direction and how fast it is moving.

babe

 

[Barbara L]

They just called and I have to go in to work early, so I'll be back in a few hours. If you pay attention to the words in my clues (and the one implied in my HUGE clue) you should find it with no problem.

Happy searching!

Barbara

 

[Buck]

Does it have anything to do with measuring the force of gravity?

 

[Barbara L]

You're getting warmer Buck.

Maybe you should all go on a field trip to try to find one of these.

Barbara

 

[Buck]

Measures the Earth's magnetic fields?

ie an old timey magnetometer.

 

[Barbara L]

Measures the Earth's magnetic fields?

ie an old timey magnetometer.

You got it! It is an Earth Inductor (also called Delzenne's Circle). It measures the magnitude and direction of the Earth's magnetic field. This one was from the 1800s.

Give us a good one Buck!

Barbara

 

[Buck]

What and where is this?

 

[expatgirl]

they look like cave dwellings

 

[Buck]

Nope, not cave dwellings.