Tuesday, 9 January 2018

meths engine memory

I remember the smell of meths in the house when my older brother's toy steam engine was out.

It was attached to a piece of wood and meths was poured into the engine as its pink fuel.

Its hard to describe the smell of meths but its unique, a sort of dental petroly whiff. I've not smelt it for years and years.

The movement of the engine was wonderful though and I could have watched its cast iron wheels turning round all day.

Did you or do you have a working model 'steam' engine?

7 comments:

  1. Don't own one but I used to demo one at school. It was a fixed engine and I had it driving a dynamo to run a light as a way of showing how power stations work. More importantly, it had a steam whistle!

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    1. I don't think they're used in schools now. At least not ours Kev. A great prop though!

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    2. Most equipment doesn't seem to get used anymore. I was the last one who knew how to use it at my school. On Saturday, in an antiques shop I saw a piece of equipment that I used a lot. It had been turned into a table lamp! I am obsolete!

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    3. ha ha! What was the equipment you say Kev?

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    4. For demonstrating Boyles Law, a gas law thing!

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  2. "I remember the smell of ***meths*** in the house".

    Ooops! Too many "Breaking Bad" reruns, Woodsy? ;-D

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    1. ha ha! I only ever saw episode 1 of Breaking Bad.

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