Here's a fun, old wheel, chock full of old-style cocktails and little drunken quips for each one. Published in London in the 1930s, this wheel is ten inches in diameter and in fair shape. It's too bad the top of the bottle has been torn off.

I've never tried making any of these drinks. There are a number of them that include raw eggs. I can't imagine. For example, take the Egg Sherry, sure to appeal to the old Baroness in the corner with her lace shawl and gouty foot: 1 wine glass of sherry (!), ice and a raw egg. "Oh, Grandma! What big EYES you have!" Colonel Stoke-Pilkington might prefer a Golden Fizz: gin, powdered sugar, ice, soda water, and a raw egg. "Sweeten plenty -- this make Cane able."

There are even some slots to include your own recipes, provided you can write that small.

For me, I think I might try a Diamond Fizz: gin, lemon juice, sugar and champagne -- otherwise known as a French 75. "Watch your legs with this diamond!"

Here we are in South America. This wheel is in pretty good shape and is good looking as well.

I didn't know that one of Argentina's products was linseed oil. Curaçao produced salt, oil, and phosphate. Sounds like a nice place.

This is a nice-looking wheel, isn't it? It's in good shape, too. It took us a while to find this one to complete our collection of Rossig continent wheels.

I'm a bit puzzled by the population figures on this thing. It says the population of New Zealand is "1 1/2 mill." But for New South Wales it says "2 M." Surely that's not meant to indicate thousands. Anyone know?

I suspect you are pretty keyed up after seeing all those Rossig wheels, so I thought I'd give you a break today. This is Hammond's Northern Hemisphere star finder. The blue wheel is ten and a half inches across and, as you can see, it's a bit tattered. The copyright date is 1950. Still, I think it's a real looker. I love maps of the night sky like this.

The reverse side has all kinds of information, including a schedule of meteor showers, one of which is going on right now. I wasn't aware there was a star called Vindemiatrix.

Starfinder wheels like this are pretty common; we have at least five. This one is certainly the most handsome, I think.

​UPDATE (7/29/16): I found the original envelope!

Here we are back in North America, which includes the territory of Alaska and "Porto" Rico (I really hate that "Porto" business).

Its the usual: water resources, capitals, industries.

This is one is in good shape as well

This wheel is in really good shape and is also fantastic! Only 33 countries! Not only are the names different, so are the borders. I'm usually able to identify all of Africa's countries on an unlabeled map. Not so with this one. Rio de Oro? Get out!

​From the diamond mines of the Union of South Africa to the vast wax plantations of Port Guinea and on to the rich resin deposits of British Somaliland, so much has changed since 1931. I wonder how many wheels Rossig would have had to produce for Africa had it remained in business?

At least I can still find Libia.

I think we can all agree that this Pennsylvania wheel is superior to the New York. It has a cool illustration of Independence Hall. It has a keystone shape. And it has delightful little hands at each window as if to say, "May I present to you" for each item. I like to think that the guy who designed this one got a raise.

This wheel is in pretty good condition. All of these Rossig wheels are the same size: ten inches.

This is a rather dull wheel, I must say. It's another Rossig. I wonder how many other states they did? (Spoiler alert! I know of one or two more!)

Aside from the grommet being a little loose, this one is in good condition.

​Check out out the population of New York County!

This is one of many wheels we have that were produced by Rossig Educational Charts. It's ten inches in diameter and in good shape. It's old! Singapore was called "Straits Settlement" and Sri Lanka was called "Ceylon". Arabia's principal industry was grazing. Grazing!

I still think this would be an excellent educational tool. Think of all the class assignments you could come up with using this wheel.

Stay tuned! There are more Rossig wheels in your future!

NOTE: What appears to be a stain on the wheel is really just my shadow. Bad light, today.

This wheel is in fair shape. You can see that I had to insert a brad on this one. Someone must have gotten a lot of use out of this wheel, although I can't imagine why. I don't find it terribly interesting. I've always found Ripley's to be a bit tawdry. Plus most of it is totally believable. George Washington was the first American millionaire? Big deal.

This is wheel is about 9.5 inches. It was produced in the early 30s by Disk-O-Knowledge, Inc. It should come as no surprise to you that my favorite part of the wheel is the box on the back that directs doubters to send off for supporting evidence. And my favorite part of the box is, of course, the address: the Believe It or Not Department!

(Hang on a minute! Tri-State Rock is in three states? All at the same time? That's crazy!)