1849. The sphere is about 2-1/2" diameter, take a look at Neatorama for more guesses on this one and a chance to win a T-shirt:
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1850. This 12' long chain was sent in by a visitor who is looking to find its exact purpose:
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1851. 3-1/2" diameter, this unidentified item was also submitted by a visitor:
1852. Approximately 54" long:
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It was patented in the 1890s
1853. Around 7" long:
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1854. About 30" long, from the late 1700s:
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Answers:
1849. A fog nozzle for a fireman's hose, it was a predecessor to today's nozzle where a twist of the tip can change the water pattern from straight stream to various fog patterns. Years ago the fog nozzle was favored but currently the straight stream is preferred.
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Another similar nozzle:
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1850. Haven't been able to verify any of the guesses for this one, the most popular suggestions are:
- gun cleaning chain
- fish stringer
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1851. A device used for darning stockings:
1852. A corn harvester, it was pulled between rows of corn by a horse, and the two blades on the sides would cut the stalks. Text on it reads "Dain's Safety Corn Cutter, Dain Mfg. Co., Carrollton, Mo."
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Patent number 572,967
1853. A Wade Fiber Phonograph Needle Cutter No. 2, patent number 1,212,292:
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1854. A wooden saddle used on pack animals to transport materials to the western territory during the late 1700s.
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1854. Pack saddle
ReplyDeleteI agree with pack saddle. Also the wooden thing with wheels and seat, looks like a device where someone would sit and set plants or prime plants while being pulled by a horse.
ReplyDelete>1854. Pack saddle
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>device where someone would sit and set plants...
Hard to tell from the photo but the two metal plates are blades, you're correct that it's pulled by a horse.
This is a model of an artificial heart valve!
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that first item is a ball-check valve or a flow tattletale...they used to be on old gas pumps.
ReplyDeleteit does look curiously like the photo of an artificial heart valve that appeared in national geographic some years ago.
1852. With what Rob has said, it now looks like a tobacco harvester.
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1850 Could it be some kind of fish stringer without the hooks? I searched for vintage fish stringer and found similar looking cords with a metal point
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ReplyDelete1850 looks like a pocket survival chain saw.
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>1850 Could it be some kind of fish stringer without the hooks?
ReplyDeleteThanks, sounds like a good possibility, you're right about stringers having similar metal tips.
It doesn't have any blades so I don't think it's a chain saw.
1851 looks like maybe it goes onto something round to hold, say, a cloth or some such level and flat. The hooks might reach around and grab, the spring might hold the hooks with tension. Something like an embroidery hoop? Maybe drum making?
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ReplyDeletethe retracting hooks on the sides suggest to me it to be a wire-up jig of some sort, used to create a circular wiring harness. the individual wires are held separate by pressing them into the coil.
once the harness is completed, the hooks are bent back to allow it to be removed.
-TJ
1851: Stocking darner, for mending stockings using a sewing machine.
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I strongly disagree with final answer for 1850. Do have a proof link?
ReplyDeleteI was never really satisfied with the answer that I had for 1850, so I just modified it. The purpose for this chain is still a mystery.
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