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1417.

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1418. 5" long:

































1419. Three different versions of the same device, all are around 15" long:

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1420. Approximately 48" tall, circa 1895:

























1421. 10" long:
















1422. About 16" tall, from the 1890's:

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Set 250

1411. 5" long, patented in the 1860's:





It's spring returned to the position seen in the first two pictures.























1412. The subject here is the large wooden apparatus, the miscellaneous tools are not necessarily related to it:

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1413. 8-1/2" long, patented in 1925:






This combination tool has ten different uses, although only seven of them are visible in the photos because it's missing some parts. Since most of the other functions are obvious, the main question here is to determine the purpose of the wheel shaped part shown below:



























1414. Approximately 54" tall:









The owner of this tool also had a nice display of axes:

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1415. 7-1/2" long, submitted by a visitor who found this unidentified piece of hardware while hiking near some power lines in the Pocono Mountains in Pennsylvania, text on it reads "Pat'd 1932" and "P132":
















1416. 8-1/4" long:






























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Set 249

1405. Patented in 1891:



Approximately 36" long:






















1406. 15-20' long:

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1407. 1-3/8" long, anodized aluminum with a rubber insert that is open at one end and closed at the other, submitted by a visitor who would like to know exactly what this clamp is for:


























1408. 36" long, made of thick leather:
























1409. About 9" long:


The purpose for this wrench can be found on the answer page for the Animal Trap Quiz that I created the other day. A moderate warning concerning the traps, some of them are a bit grim looking.














1410. 48" long, patented in 1890:

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Set 248

1399. 12-1/2" long, take a look at Neatorama for more guesses on this one:



The hinge allows the metal plate to pivot about 90 degrees:






















1400. 12-3/4" long, hundreds of tool collectors have seen this device but no one has yet been able to identify it:

From Jack Devitt's collection


The solid brass parts can be separated about 1/2", but a strong spring keeps them together as shown in the first picture.


























1401. The idea here is to describe the purpose of this unusual building:

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1402. Except for the two with blades, all of these metal and wood tools were used for the same task:

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1403. Around 9 or 10' long:

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1404.

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