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105. The coin on the left is a real quarter that has been shrunk down to the size of a dime, the puzzle here is to determine how this was accomplished.
Close-up photos of the shrunken quarter106.
107. 2 3/4" tall
108.
Answers
8 Comments:
the coin was shrunk using dry ice or something colder,since metal shrink with cold temperature
By
Anonymous, at 9/03/2004 3:33 AM
Anonymous:
The coin wasn't shrunk with dry ice or any other type of freezing process.
Hapi:
Nope, that isn't a rifle holder.
By
Rob H., at 9/04/2004 3:04 PM
The coin was shrunk by being receiving a ridiculously strong magnetic field for a momentary period of time. The induced eddy currents in the coin generated their own field with sufficient strength to shrink the coin.
Tesla apparati or similar are required to generate the initial field.
By
Anonymous, at 9/05/2004 8:46 AM
>>The coin was shrunk by being receiving a ridiculously strong magnetic field for a momentary period of time.
Correct, it was shrunk by a strong magnetic field.
Rob
By
Rob H., at 9/05/2004 3:53 PM
106 looks to be a pastry perforator.
By
Anonymous, at 6/10/2005 2:07 PM
I think its a device for opening the hot door of a mexican oven. hehe???
By
Anonymous, at 11/24/2005 4:38 AM
looks like some sort of canvis sewing aperatus. (spelling?)
By
Anonymous, at 3/02/2006 7:45 PM
Devices similar to #106 are used for marking dotted lines on various things. For instance, I have seen a smaller and lighter variant used to mark the borders on a coloring page so that a blind child could color inside the lines by feel.
By
Jonadab, at 1/08/2007 8:51 PM
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