Set 417

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2413. 20" long:

























2414. 6" long:

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2415. 10" long:



























2416. 3-3/4" tall:



Between 2 and 2-1/2" tall, the center piece on all of these can freely pivot:

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2417. Sent in by a visitor:



Text on it reads 12-1/2, 12-5/8, 12-3/4:





























2418. Around 22" long, take a look at Neatorama for more guesses and a chance to win a T-shirt:

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Answers:


2413. This item was placed on a cow's head while it was being milked to discourage it from making any movements that might disturb the milker:

























2414. A tightener for a bucksaw:

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2415. A soil blocker, it can be used to make cubes of soil for starting seeds:



























2416. A flyer, swinger, or fly terret, these were mounted onto the harnesses of work horses for decoration. A terret that didn't have the center piece was used as a guide for the reins, as seen in patent number 819,749.



























2417. A stand for an old hot water heater, it's upside down in the photo and is missing part of its base:



The numbers 12-1/2, 12-5/8, 12-3/4 tell what diameter water heater that it can hold:


























2418. Hand powered hedge trimmers:

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