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2083. 10-1/2" long, from the Philippines, Ca. 1800s:

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2084. 11" long:

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2085. 2-1/2" long, submitted by a visitor who is looking to identify this item, the black and white pieces can be separated:

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2086. 12-1/2" diameter, Ca. 1850s:

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2087. Approximately 5" long:

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2088. Around 5-1/2" long:

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2083. A Dayak blow dart quiver with a belt hook:

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The other item is a tear gas billy club for use by law enforcement, one of which was posted on this site a while ago:

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2084. A socket organizer for holding a set of sockets:

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2085. A plastic couplink for connecting plastic chain:

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2086. A gunshield from India, black powder and a projectile were loaded from the front:

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A view of the other side, the long part at the bottom is the trigger, the four rings probably held two leather straps:



Looks like a percussion cap would have been placed just below the hammer:




















2087. A piston ring expander:

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2088. A section of chain that was used on farm equipment, the arm with the two holes is a drag link, it would have been connected to another chain via a wooden slat as seen in the photo below:





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This thresher has some similar chain:

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2077. The base is 15" long:

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These next two items were part of the set seen in the previous photos.




2078. 5" square:




The numbers range from 0 to 100:

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2079. 6" diameter:

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2080. 12" tall when fully extended, take a look at Neatorama for more guesses and a chance to win a T-shirt:






















2081. Approximately 10" long:

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2082. 10" long, from the 1700s, the large part is hollow as is the piece on the upper left which is also open on the end:

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2077. A Bausch and Lomb carbon arc microscope projector:

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2078. Probably an old potentiometer, a variable resistor for use in laboratory experiments:

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2079. These are drives for chart recorders that were used in a lab, they are powered by a spring which is wound with the handle, the rod rotates when the drive is on, they could be used to record plant growth, breathing, early EKG, barometric pressure, etc.

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2080. A Japanese traveling candlestick, it's missing the part that would have caught the wax:





















2081. A laboratory vacuum pump for a bell jar:

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2082. A powder horn for holding black powder for old firearms:

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2071. 10" long:

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2072. Approximately 9" long, take a look at Neatorama for more guesses on this one and a chance to win a T-shirt:

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2073. 24" long:


















2074. 6" long, not including the lock:


















2075. 7" long:



















2076. 2" long, sent in by a visitor who found about a dozen of these devices in the Arizona desert over the years, pushing the plunger closes the threaded hole:




The entire device is plastic except for the springs:



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2071. A photographer's magnesium flash gun, pulling the trigger causes a spark at the plate that holds the magnesium:

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2072. A carpet stretcher, similar to patent number D26,881:

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2073. This was part of a farm irrigation system:


















2074. Handcuffs from China:


















2075. A black powder measure for use with old firearms:


















2076. An S.I. (safety, ignition) device from a countermeasure flare. It fits within the casing and is ejected along with the charge, releasing the springs and allowing the ignition through the threaded hole. The burning on the back of the device is from the high temp fuel who's heat signature is designed to attract anti-aircraft missiles.














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