{"id":253,"date":"2011-02-18T15:41:23","date_gmt":"2011-02-18T15:41:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tmcldev.wpengine.com\/mcgovern\/2011\/02\/18\/thingamjig\/"},"modified":"2019-08-30T18:02:07","modified_gmt":"2019-08-30T18:02:07","slug":"thingamjig","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library.tmc.edu\/mcgovern\/2011\/02\/18\/thingamjig\/","title":{"rendered":"Thingamjig"},"content":{"rendered":"

by Alethea Drexler, archives assistant<\/strong>
\nmcgovern@exch.library.tmc.edu<\/a>
\nWe’ve gotten some new donations, which have included new Thingamajig fodder.
\nThe following came from the estate of Thomas Matney, M.D. (1928-2010).
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Three feet of aluminum<\/figcaption><\/figure>
\nIt’s almost three feet long and, although it’s made of aluminum, it’s pretty much cast solid and probably weighs fifty or sixty pounds.
\nPhil commented that it looked a bit like a race track for Matchbox<\/a> cars.
\n
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From the short end.<\/figcaption><\/figure>
\nIt was obviously meant to do something<\/em>, though; it has to be plugged in, and the box at the end presumably conceals a mechanism of some kind.<\/a>
\nIf you know what this is, post a comment or drop us a line at the email address at the top of the page.\u00a0 I will post the official answer next week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

by Alethea Drexler, archives assistant mcgovern@exch.library.tmc.edu We’ve gotten some new donations, which have included new Thingamajig fodder. The following came from the estate of Thomas Matney, M.D. (1928-2010). It’s almost three feet long and, although it’s made of aluminum, it’s pretty much cast solid and probably weighs fifty or sixty pounds. Phil commented that it […]<\/p>\n

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