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1783. Approximately 10" long:

































1784. The idea here is to describe the purpose of the box and the hollow metal piece:
































1785. The top part is around 42" long:

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1786. 30" tall, submitted by a visitor who is looking to find what this cart was for:


























1787. 15" long:





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1788. About 9" long, take a look at Neatorama for more guesses on this one and a chance to win a T-shirt:




































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Set 311

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1777. Approximately 28" long:






























1778. Sent in by a visitor who found this unidentified piece of hardware at an estate sale, his description of it:
-larger diameter is brass or bronze and the other piece is steel
-3.75" h x 2.5" w
-marked AIIRFI or possibly AHRFI
-about 5 lbs
-owner was retired from the railroad
































1779. 5" long, the largest hole is 1/4" diameter:



























1780. 9" long, take a look at Neatorama for more guesses on this one:



This was made to hold something in particular:






















1781. About 60" long:

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1782. 4-3/4" long:




































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Set 310

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1771. Approximately 10" long, also explain the significance of the numbers, which range from 16 to 40. Take a look at Neatorama for more guesses on this device and a chance to win some prizes.

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1772. 25" long:

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1773. Submitted by visitor who is looking to identify this item that has "Stanley Made in USA" stamped on it, the main body of it is 3-1/4" tall:
























1774. Another unidentified device sent in by a visitor, his description of it:
7-3/4" long, 2" wide and 2-3/4" high. Appears to be made of cast iron and steel. A latch opens on top with a spring-loaded handle. There is a grease fitting (visible in the "closed" view) which opens into the cylindrical recess seen in the "open" view. The two holes seen in the bottom view are threaded.

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1775. 29" tall:



Also describe the purpose for the two small parts on the ring:


























1776. About 1-3/4" diameter:

















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1765. 7-1/2" long:

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1766. 11" long x 6" wide, submitted by a visitor who is looking to identify this piece of hardware:





























1767. The bottle on the left is 15" tall, circa 1935:





















1768. 7" long, from the 1800s, the idea here is to figure out how this device was used:

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1769. 16" long, patented in the 1890s, take a look at Neatorama for more guesses on this one:




























1770. 15" long, the purpose of the hole in this tool is a clue for who would have used it:






































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