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2647. Approximately 3" long, also describe the purpose of the square hole:

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2648. Around 48" long:

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2649. Sent in by a visitor, the top part is 4-1/2" wide:



















2650. Two unidentified tools that were submitted by a reader of this site:

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2651. 5-1/2" tall:





































2652. 5" tall, take a look at Neatorama for more guesses and a chance to win a T-shirt:

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Answers:


2647. This is a glass cutter, the square hole is for a radial arm used when making circular cuts, similar to patent number 702,732:

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2648. These are raggle boards or raggle sticks, they are placed between layers of pipe to provide stability:

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2649. A holder for a fire hose that can be hung on a ladder:



















2650. These are both short starters for use when loading a musket:

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A short starter can be seen in use at 1:40 in this video:




























2651. A brass weight for a scale:





































2652. A salesman's sample Heatilator fireplace insert, this fireplace has air intakes at the bottom, heating chambers at the sides and back, and outlets at the top to release warm air back into the room:







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