The curious silver instruments

[Geoff Bannister]

No: HPFGUIDX 126651


--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "bbkkyy55" <bbkkyy55 at y...> wrote:
Bonnie:
> I've been interested in the WW machinery.  Let's see, there's the 
> interesting clocks, DD's watch and the Weasleys' clock.  There's the 
WW cars that seem to hold much more than expected and can move through 
traffic magically.  (I want one.)  There's the sneakascopes and the 
various mirrors (foe glass, mirror of Erised, the one Sirius gave 
Harry).  Of course there's wands and radios and pensives.  I'm sure 
I've missed a lot.
> 
> You probably have discussed this, but perhaps some of you oldtimers 
> can enlighten us newcomers.  The ones that interest me most currently 
> are the fragile silver instruments in DD's office.

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> What is this all about?  Will we learn more in books 6 and 7?  Does 
> anyone have any ideas?

Geoff:
I began a thread on this very topic way back at message 79231 
entitled "The Smoke Serpent"  and there were several replies to the 
post which you might find to be of interest.

In case you haven't seen the comments from various contributors on the 
new YIS (Yahoo Idiot System), to get to that message replace 
theexisting message number in the URL window at the top with the one 
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Happy hunting!