Wednesday, August 24, 2011

A QUEER LOT

One of my friends was on the internet for several hours last night and achieved satori.
Meaning, in his case, that he found a whole bunch of fascinating links which he generously decided to forward to all of us.
No questions asked.

One of the links showed an extremely elegant illustration.


FACTORY MUTUAL SUPERVISORY GAS COCK
















[SOURCE: '-factory-mutual-supervisory-'.]

A manually operated gas valve designed to prevent fuel explosions in multi-burner gas-fired industrial furnaces, ovens, dryers, and boilers.
Model 3031.
SAE nuts included.


This is an "adjustable flow, supervising gas safety cock approved by Factory Mutual Research Corporation. Body and plug are forged brass, (2) 1/4" SAE nuts included. Capacity, 175,000 BTU per hour, recommended operating temperatures, 32º-125ºF; 1 psi (6.9 kPa) maximum operating pressure."
[Copyright: Key gas Components, Inc..]

You will note that the photograph on the site from whence the draught differs in some minor ways from the ink illustration - one must allow for tolerances, and necessary manufacturing variance.

Nevertheless, this 'diagram' definitely twirled my dugout canoe.
'Fraid I'll never get my petticoats starched now.
It's isometric!

Given that the other links he forwarded all featured another word for rooster, one can only imagine what he was looking for on the internet late at night.

It should come as no surprise that he is a cigar smoker.




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