Some sort of magnifying glass my dad found at a boot sale for 50p
A: This is from a very large photographic enlarger. This one was used in an enlarger that was mounted sideways on a cart that was on tracks and projected onto a wall. When I worked on one of these, the biggest photo I printed was 6′ x 24′. I even kept an old lens that was used. These would be swapped out for different sizes to project 8″x10″ or 4″x5″ negatives or slides.
After that you put a sugar cone on the feuerzange and pour something like Stroh 80, a drink with 80% alcohol over it and light it up. Keep pouring the alcohol over the cone while it melts down in the whine. You now have a warm, sweet and strong drink for a nice winter evening. You should watch the movie Feuerzangenbowle while you do all this.
"may be more zebra than horse"
What do you suppose you mean by that?
I think the expression is "If you hear hooves/find hoofprints, it's probably a horse and not a zebra" – similar to Occam's razor: The most probable explanation for something is usually the correct one.
In this case, the less probable explanation appears to be correct, therefore it's "rather a zebra than a horse".
sorry – "the simple explanation", not the most probable one.