Set 534

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3115. 4-3/4" long:






















3116. Sent in by someone who would like to find the purpose of these items:

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They are all between 7-1/2" and 8-1/2" long:

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3117. Around 5" long:

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3118. Take a look at Neatorama for more guesses and a chance to win a T-shirt.




























3119. 11" long:

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3120. 17" long:

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3115. This is a washer cutter for use on leather:






















3116. These were probably chucks for a woodworking lathe, the small ends would have all fit a common headstock.

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They are all between 7-1/2" and 8-1/2" long:

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3117. A plug thread Go NoGo gauge, it's an inspection tool used to check a workpiece against its allowed tolerances.

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3118. This is the lid from a mason jar mouse trap, patent number 1,077,104:






















3119. A grain drill adjustment switch, it was used to regulate the rate of seed planted per acre. Two of these were mounted on the front of the seed box, as seen in the photo of a Massey Harris seed drill on this page.

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3120. A fence machine for twisting the wires of a picket fence, patent number 436,004:

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3109. 14" long, take a look at Neatorama for more guesses and a chance to win a T-shirt.

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3110.

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3111. 50" long:

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3112. 18" long:

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3113. 7" long:























3114. 5 3/4" long, text on it reads DFHA MED.OC.TR.AANO, sent in by someone who would like to find the purpose of this item:






The four slots at the small end are 3-1/4" long:






















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3109. This is a reaction propulsion pistol, it was tested in zero gravity aircraft flights as a means of individual maneuvering in free fall, photographed at National Museum of the United States Air Force in Dayton, Ohio.

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3110. A magnetic particle inspection yoke, it was used to test a piece of metal to see if there are any cracks in it:

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3111. This is a hay spear that was meant to be mounted on a tractor:

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3112. A wire fence stretcher, patent number 598,526:

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3113. A phone system flat spring relay:























3114. This is a black powder wedge, it was filled with black powder, placed into a drilled hole in the end of a log and then lit. The resulting explosion would split the log into three pieces if the wedge was in the center, into two pieces if it was offset.




















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3103. 19" long:





















3104. 10" long:

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3105. The base is 3-1/2" square:

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3106. 7" long, take a look at Neatorama for more guesses and a chance to win a T-shirt.
































3107. 5" long:

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3108. 13-1/4" long:

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3103. This is a currier's knife, it was used to scrape hides during the leather finishing process, patent number 94,197:




















3104. A guillotine divider from a wooden box for wine bottles:

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3105. A safe combination paperweight by the Mosler Safe Company:

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3106. This is a can opener, patent number 402,840:
































3107. An inkstand with a pen rack on the front, patent number 307,392:

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3108. An Al Vista panoramic camera, patent number 778,394:

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