>> The Thermette, a simple and effective device for boiling water outdoors over an enclosed fire, was invented by Manawatū plumber John Hart and patented in 1931
The Kelly Kettle was produced in Ireland decades before. The Thermette is a knockoff.
Did the article change, or was this a very strange quote edit?
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>> The Thermette, a simple and effective device for boiling water outdoors over an enclosed fire, was designed by Manawatū plumber John Hart in 1929 *based on similar products in Ireland and England.* He patented the Thermette in 1931.
>The Thermette, a simple and effective device for boiling water outdoors over an enclosed fire, was designed by Manawatū plumber John Hart in 1929 based on similar products in Ireland and England.
Helped by the ACC Scheme [1], whereby you can throw someone off a bridge with an elastic band attached and the NZ government will pay to scrape them off the pavement.
Being that the concept of ACC is unusual, and it is run by the NZ Gov, means that ACC ads are some quite bizarre PSAs in a similar vein to NZ’s and Australia’s notorious road safety PSAs.
Mkes me wonder how many inventions Australia has claimed but were invented in New Zealand. Robert Muldoon did once state that the "annual exodus of Kiwis to Australia raised the average IQ of both countries".
He flew, but he didn't achieve _controlled_ powered flight and was very adamant that the Wright Brothers deserved their fame for being able to steer the damn thing.
whoa! there kelly! not flight! uncontrolled hops!
read up about the wright brothers at the worlds first "air show" in paris france ?1909? therabouts
where they casualy went about there business, and everybody else was completely astounded, and concided there mastery....the wrights were offered
the keys to all of europe, litteraly, but declined
as they had to rush back to the US, to attend pattent litigation procedings, and this world we live in, happened, and another, didn't.
One of the moments where a clear fork in destiny
happened, and is still relevant.As per your comment!
Growing up on a farm here in the US, electric fence wire (I think 14ga, not 8ga) was always useful. I almost always had a roll & some snips nearby when doing any maintenance. You can fix some broken electric fence, re-bind the fence paneling to T-stakes, and if desperate cobble together some hinges and a latch for an impromptu gate, all with a simple roll of wire.
A foot or two of this wire and you can whip up a stabilizer for hanging any old tool off of a single nail in the barn. A couple feet of it makes a tie-down for any plant or tree branch, sometimes you don't even need a stake, the wire can be pushed deep enough and into a J shape underground that it'll often hold on its own.
I believe you're looking for https://www.youtube.com/@MartyT - I think I've actually seen him use wire for holding together a resurrected piece of heavy equipment, and he made a hydroelectric generator out of a washing machine.
This tradition of Kiwi ingenuity is often known as the ‘no. 8 wire’ attitude, a reference to a gauge of fencing wire that has been adapted for countless other uses in New Zealand farms, factories and homes.
Number 8 wire is fencing wire.
The rural dictionary usage of the phrase refers to fixing things with fencing wire.
The wire equivalent of duck tape. It represents ingenuity using a humble/simple item such as plain fencing wire to solve a wide variety of problems the item was not originally intended for.
Baling wire is also not as thick. 12 gauge, 10 gauge at the very most. Baling wire can be cut with those snippers you keep in your toolbox. Fence wire? Eh, better get bigger wire cutters.
Strangely missing from the article: instant or soluble coffee was invented and patented in 1890 by David Strang of Invercargill, New Zealand, under patent number 3518 sold under the trading name Strang's Coffee citing the patented "Dry Hot-Air" process.
The Kelly Kettle was produced in Ireland decades before. The Thermette is a knockoff.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelly_Kettle