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3091. 10" long:

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3092. 7" long, take a look at Neatorama for more guesses and a chance to win a T-shirt.





























3093. 16" long:

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3094. 8" long:

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3095. 6-1/2" tall:

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3096. 3" and 4" long, sent in by a visitor who would like to find the purpose of these pieces of hardware, the tubes are all connected on the inside:

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3091. This is a veneer hammer:

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3092. A dock worker's tool for moving burlap wrapped bales:





























3093. A vulcanizing clamp for repairing old automobile tube tires:

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3094. An orange peeler:

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3095. A Chicago Watch Clock Station for use by security guards when making their rounds, it held a key inside that was used on the guard's clock:























3096. No answer yet for these:

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Set 529

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3085. 18" long, take a look at Neatorama for more guesses and a chance to win a T-shirt.

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3086. 8" long:

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3087. These photos were sent in by someone looking for information on this device, specifically the upper part that holds the saw:

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3088. 7" long, 13/16" wide:

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3089. Approximately 10" diameter:

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3090. 13" long, sent in by a visitor who would like to find the purpose of this hammer:

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3085. This is a Crandall hammer, it's a stone dressing tool made from several sharpened spikes which are held together with a frame and wedge. It was used to roughen the face of cut stone so that mortar would adhere to it.

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3086. A capping device used to seal the closures of ampoules containing serums, patent number 2,643,805:

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3087. This is a miter box, patent number 847,557:

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3088. No answer yet for this tool:

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3089. A military landmine:

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3090. Also no answer so far for this hammer, it looks like somebody just replaced an old wooden handle with a metal one:

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3079. 12" long, take a look at Neatorama for more guesses and a chance to win a T-shirt.

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3080. Sent in by a visitor who would like to identify this device, his description of it:
"Lever A rotates about 90 degrees clockwise and is spring returned to the position shown. It does not interact with any other part of the apparatus. Dial B moves piece C laterally. The pin that goes through piece C can be pulled out. The whole upper apparatus rotates 360 degrees on plate D with click-stops as indicated by the marks on this plate."

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3081. Around 10" diameter, this is a close-up of something that everyone has seen before:

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3082. Aproximately 8" long, submitted by someone who would like to find the purpose of this item:





























3083. 14" long:

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3084. 9" long:

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3079. A Western Electric indicator box:

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3080. This is a Traverse and Elevation Mechanism for a machine gun.

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3081. The hub of an airplane propeller:

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3082. This is a wine bottle holder/pourer, similar to some of the ones seen here.


























3083. A micrometer for measuring hot sheet metal, made by the Haines Gauge Company, Philadelphia, PA, patent number 468,519:

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3084. This is an ice chipper, it has a bottle opener on the other end, and instructions on the handle for making mixed drinks:

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