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2nd March 2014, 01:11 PM
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Ah ... the testing tube with the touchole
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2nd March 2014, 06:34 PM
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Scanning and selecting an example shown in page 166 of Collector's Illustrated Encyclopedia of the American Revoliution, by George Neumann & frank J. Kravic.
Recalling the 'early' origins of this type of tester plus an interesting description of the ignition system. . |
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4th March 2014, 03:22 PM
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I have received comments from Spanish collector, author and documentalist of the former Montjuic Museum of Barcelona, Mr. Juan Luis Calvó, in which he concurs that my example is Spanish, apparently earlier than 1800.
He also sent me a picture of the (only) example in his collection, attributedly Spanish, in which we can see a strong resemblance with mine. . |
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