Set 547

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3193. 7" long:

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3194. 12" long:

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3195. 22" long:

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3196. 8' long:

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3197. 4" long:

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3198. 42" long, this device is hollow and has three holes in the front and back, take a look at Neatorama for more guesses and a chance to win a T-shirt.

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3193. These are H-K Electric Engines that were patented in 1905, they are powered by a large battery:

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3194. This is a pipe wrench that is missing the upper jaw and the nut:

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3195. A hay knife, it was used to cut hay from a haystack:

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3196. This was marked "early railroad bench", the seats are numbered 30 through 33:

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3197. A Webster Electrical Corp. microphone from the 1950s, for use with a wire recorder:

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3198. This is a Duochord (Sonometer), it was used to measure sound frequency in acoustical experiments:

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Set 546

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3181. 3187. 18" long, take a look at Neatorama for more guesses and a chance to win a T-shirt.

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3188. 7-1/2" diameter:

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3189. 10" long:

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3190. 9" long:

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3191. 4" long:

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3192. 3-1/4" long:

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3181. 3187. This is a seed stripper for harvesting grass seed:

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3188. The title of the patent for this device says "Draft Regulator For Heating Furnaces," and text on it reads "Air Blast Regulator." It works "by reducing or closing the entrance of air to the fire or by slowing the draft by introducing air into the uptake-flue, or both," patent number 472,305.

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3189. The owner of this tool said that it was a stamping hammer, though the stamp that was added to it has worn away:

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3190. A Bell System knife or cleaver for cutting cable:

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3191. An Edwards wire rope gauge:

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3192. A Lufkin telescopic bore gauge, it can be used along with a micrometer to measure the diameter of a hole:

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3181. 2-1/2" long:

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3182. 6" long:

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3183. 7" long:

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3184. Around 5' long, the end is not sharp, take a look at Neatorama for more guesses and a chance to win a T-shirt.






























3185. 11" long:

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3186. Around 60" long:

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3181. These are musket flash hole picks, there were used to clear the hole of black powder residue after every several rounds to prevent misfires.

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3182. A shoe maker's shank laster, used to stretch the upper of a boot over the last into the hollow of the shank:

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3183. No answer yet for this tool:

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3184. This is a turtle probe, or turtle hook. Sometimes turtles will burrow into a muddy bank, if the hunter can see their breathing hole he can find the shell by probing the mud, and then hook the shell with the rod and pull the turtle out.






























3185. This was marked "double torch tin kerosene lamp with wind guard":

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3186. A railroad level for measuring track superelevation on curves:

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This is a Stanley level, they didn't make the entire tool but their levels were used in a lot of these devices.












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