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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