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1681. 4-3/4" long:

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1682. 2" long:




















1683. Approximately 18" long, from the early 1920's:

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1684. About 3" tall:

















1685. 8" tall, submitted by a visitor who would like to know the purpose of this iron box that was found in San Antonio, Texas:
























1686. 8" long:



























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1675. 5-3/4" tall, submitted by a visitor:

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1676. 10-1/2" long:




















1677. 11" long:



As seen in this patent drawing, there are ridges on the inside:















1678. 6-1/2" long:

















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1680. Approximately 17' long, take a look at Neatorama for more guesses on this item:

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1669. 12" long, take a look at Neatorama for more guesses on this tool:

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1670. 18" tall:

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1671. 11" long:

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1672. 12-1/2" long with a 42" handle:



















1673. A close-up of something common, also describe why the vertical piece can be slightly moved in relation to the horizontal part:
























1674. The inside diameter is approximately 7":



























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1663. Both are about 3" long:

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1664. Approximately 24" long:

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1665. 6" long:















1666. A medium sized pocket knife, the idea is to describe the purpose of the blade seen below:
















1667. 5-1/2" long, sent in by someone who found this in their backyard:
























1668. This device was submitted by a visitor who would like to find out how it was used, it has two glass screens, one slides along a bar and the other is adjusted via a micrometer, the box is 20" long and looks like it was made in the 1950/60's, text on it reads Casella, London 769:

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1657. Approximately 2" long, this unusual pen clip has a couple of features which allow it to also be used for a different purpose, the idea here is to determine the other use for it:






















1658. 36" long:

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1659. 42" long:

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1660. About 7"-8" long, take a look at Neatorama for more guesses on this device, where he is giving away two t-shirts as prizes this week.

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1661. 27" long:

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1662. Around 6" long:


























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