Comments

wrote:
Philips / Rontgen I think?

It's younger brother lives here:

http://www.turbozutek.f2s.com/displayimage.php?album=60&pos=19
wrote:
You only chilled them, so it's a big fridge!

Temps range from 0 to +10 'C normally, inside one of these.
wrote:
It may fold down to allow an epileptic to safely have a fit.
wrote:
It's a tattie peeler for making chips.

/US Translation: It's an electric potato peeler for making French fries.
wrote:
That would be a bugger to use... How could you 'zero' calibrate it??
wrote:
Again, no toilet paper holders as anything wood or metal makes a good weapon in the wrong hands.

TP was probably allocated at the door by a supervisor.
wrote:
Looks like a machine for manufacturing Registration (Licence) Plates??
wrote:
Handy for diagnosing TB and other lung disorder I understand.
wrote:
Anything that could be used to cut or slash wrists was not to be encouraged. This rules a metal crapper out - and explains why the smash proof measures are in place here.
wrote:
That type of handle arrangment is known as a Tamperproof half elliptical, btw.
wrote:
That was also my question about this place. When you see lots of windows with bracing it makes you think they are trying to save it. Otherwise, why not just let it crumble naturally at its own pace?
Also, what is the boarding up above the balcony that runs parallel to the ground?
wrote:
[Groan]

Wasn't there a short interval in time in which many exit doors were painted red to color-code/alert people that it was an exit?
wrote:
The point is, if you know your own mind you can control and analyse it.

A lot of Psychiatric principles are to do with discovering yourself and dealing with any issues that may be disturbing you.

While it appears very old worldy in composition, the phrase 'know yourself' just sounds wrong! :)
This is a convection steamer and an old one at that. At the bottom, there is a tank filled with water that is heated past it's boiling point, and thus steam is produced. The steam is them directed into the chambers above,where those big doors, when closed, using those big wheels, create an airtight seal (like a hatch on a submarine). After all the air is replaced with the hot steam, the pressure starts to build inside the chamber. After the steam chamber has the correct pressure, the temperature starts to increase. And, when the temperature increases the food inside starts to cook.

Convection steamers are used to cook pretty much everything from lobsters to potatoes. The design has changed over the years but the basic principal has remained to same.
wrote:
Wow... my phone looks just like this one... mine is beige, though... oh well.