ickplant@lemmy.world to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 7 months agoIs this a 16th-century smartphone?lemmy.worldimagemessage-square22fedilinkarrow-up1517arrow-down16
arrow-up1511arrow-down1imageIs this a 16th-century smartphone?lemmy.worldickplant@lemmy.world to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 7 months agomessage-square22fedilink
minus-square🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 ℹ️@yiffit.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23·edit-27 months agoLooks like a flip book made of gold. Flip those pages fast enough and it animates the stars moving across the sky!
minus-squareFuglyDuck@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21arrow-down1·7 months agoI suspect it’s brass or just gold plated. Gold on it’s own would not be particularly durable. Unless this was meant to be like those spinny clocks grandpa had on his window sill- purely decorative.
minus-squareEdibleFriend@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·7 months agoI suspect it’s a steampunk necronomicon.
minus-squareEtterra@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·edit-27 months agoIf a page comes loose it could chip your spectacles.
Looks like a flip book made of gold. Flip those pages fast enough and it animates the stars moving across the sky!
I suspect it’s brass or just gold plated. Gold on it’s own would not be particularly durable. Unless this was meant to be like those spinny clocks grandpa had on his window sill- purely decorative.
I suspect it’s a steampunk necronomicon.
50kg flip book
If a page comes loose it could chip your spectacles.