Set 234

1313. 6-1/2" long:






















1314. 20-1/2" long, this toolbox was made to be used by a particular profession:



















These next four were submitted by visitors of this site:

1315. 16" long:
















1316. 2-1/2" long:
















1317. 4-1/2" long:
















1318. The tool below was submitted by someone looking to identify it:



I had almost forgotten that one of my friends owns a similar tool, I took this photo back in 2006:
















1319. 2-1/4" long, from the early 1950's, the arm can be rotated upwards about 90 degrees but is spring returned to the position shown:

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Set 233

1307. 4-1/2" long:
















1308. 11" long:
















1309. 16" long, take a look at Neatorama for more guesses on this tool:

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1310. 7-3/4" long, submitted by a visitor, patented on October 16, 1866:

















1311. 44" tall:















1312. 5-3/4" tall:



































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Set 232

1301. 10-7/8" tall:

















1302. 11" long:

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1303. 48" tall:
























1304. 6" long:

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Another version of the same device, 4" long, from the 1950's:

























1305. Submitted by a visitor from Texas who is looking to identify this piece of equipment:


The owner's description of it:

There is a 2-1/4" square piece of prism/quartz crystal or similar, which is highly mirrored and is iridescent with varying colors like a holograph.(You cannot see through the glass.) It sits on a rotational frame with very smooth ball bearing 360-degree movement. (Its precision suggests that this object was intended to spin at high revolution.) It has an arm protruding out one side which has a small red ball about 1/4" round. It may be a bulb containing fluid like a thermometer, or it may be solid ruby colored glass ball. But it glows if light strikes it just right. It is shielded so that the red ball is concealed from the back.

The back side of the prism mount has 4 or 5 highly precise leveling screws as if a very finite placement is required. These adjustments would serve to tilt or plane the prism. The prism is about 1/2 to 5/8" thick, and has numerals scratched into the side with a scratch awl or engraving tool. The numerals are 33/12/3/10/1.

The entire item except for the glass is very heavy metal. There is no writing anywhere on the piece except the numerals "903" stamped on the bottom of the mount. As small as it is, this thing weighs a surprising 2lbs, 10 ounces.

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1306. 8" long, for more guesses on this one take a look at Neatorama:












































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Set 231

1295. 12-3/4" long:




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1296. 5" long:




























1297. 4-1/2" long:

























1298. 7-1/2" long, submitted by a visitor from Texas, see Neatorama for more guesses on this tool:

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1299. 37" tall:































1300. 4" long:

















































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Set 230

1289. 6" long:






















1290. 10" long:






























1291. Approximately 4-1/2" long:

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1292. 24" long, submitted by a visitor:






























1293. 7" tall, from 1869, see Neatorama for more guesses on this device:































1294. 4" long:














































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