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Thursday, February 19, 2009. For first time visitors I recommend this archive. For some of my best posts. 1543 A rotary mimeograph machine. 1544 An English self-raising folding gold coin scale. It weighs the sovereign and also the half sovereign. 1545 A watchmaker's " universal key. Used to open the back of a watch. 1546 A 1915 McCormick Deering hay loader:. The one in this video looks like it's probably a later model:. Another rack lifter can be seen in the background of the hay loader photo:.
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Thursday, March 12, 2009. 1561 A battery lifter/carrier:. The hole for the positive terminal is a little larger than the one for the negative terminal:. 1562 A chain link fence stretcher, check out step 3 under "Installing the Chain Link" on this page. To see it in use. 1563 A Civil War cannonball sizer, it was used as a gauge to determine if a cannonball was the correct diameter. Another version of this tool, it's nine inches shorter than the larger 20" model:. From O'neal Lee's collection.
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Thursday, March 19, 2009. 1567 A Civil War naval fuse wrench, the two prongs were inserted into the spanner holes of a metal fuse adapter in order to turn it in or out of the threading in a shell. 1568 A retort clamp for holding flasks. And other glassware in a laboratory, modern versions can be seen here. From Dan Gaier's collection. 1569 An apothecary bottle. Used by a pharmacist to hold chemicals or medicine:. 1571 An iron exercise boot. The holes on the sides are for attaching weights:.
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Thursday, April 23, 2009. For first time visitors I recommend this archive. For some of my best posts. 1597 A whale oil lamp:. 1598 A plow clevis, this was used to attach draft animals to a plow beam, similar to patent number 311,405. 1599 A swing-arm mounted resonator for holding a telegraph sounder. Manufactured by J.H Bunnell and Co. 1600 A Blackhawk Dynamic Entry Mobile Home Breacher. For use by law enforcement:. 1602 A clapboard gauge, patent number 370,019. Last week's set is seen below, click here.
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Thursday, April 30, 2009. Quack medical device, according to the manual. It's a "pulsating machine used on the body for its therapeutic action and for administering electrical massage," patent number 1,789,758. 1604 A sprocket for a bulldozer. Or other track vehicle, as seen in this photo. 1605 A Revere Tapster beer server, their slogan was "opens as it shuts", since the can was opened by closing the lid, used before the invention of pull tabs:. 1607 A wine glass holder. That clips onto a plate:.
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Thursday, May 7, 2009. 1609 A Boyce Moto-Meter. Temperature indicating radiator cap. Text at the top of it reads "Danger Steam", and in the middle "Register in Circle For High Efficiency.". 1610 A flooring clamp, used to force crooked boards into position for nailing:. 1611 A Timken wheel bearing. It was mounted on this display cabinet:. 1612 A "cruise angle,". Used by a timber cruiser. To calculate the number of trees per acre in a forest:. Close-up image of the top. For a listing of this device.
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Tuesday, May 12, 2009. Slat replacer, the new slat was wired on top of the broken one, the tool was placed against the new slat and the wire behind it was pulled tight by the two hooks, another piece of wire was then tied across the front of the slat, as seen in this patent for a similar tool:. Patent number 406,490. Another version of the same tool:. 1616 A Brandt coin sorting/counting machine:. 1617 A piece of hardware for a pulley. 1618 A Geyser Tube. 1619 A coppersmith's spring faced planishing.
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Thursday, May 21, 2009. 1621 A valve spring lifter with a " Perfect Handle. Patent number 1,243,010. 1622 According to the owner, it's a fireman's spanner for attaching hoses to the truck, but I think that actually it's a Briggs and Stratton Flywheel Holder. 1623 A wine bottle drying rack:. 1624 A lemon sqeezer. Used when cooking or dining:. 1625 A Waldman Improved Wire Measuring Machine:. 1626 A wire stretcher used to tighten a barbed wire fence, patent number 3,815,180. To view the entire post.
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Thursday, May 28, 2009. 1627 A hay harpoon or hay fork, for lifting hay with a rope and pulley, similar to patent number 70,962. When the handle is closed it causes the point to rotate:. 1628 A saw rod used for applying tension to a bucksaw, patent number 388,779. 1629 A tool for crimping metal caps, patent number 287,784. 1630 A box for holding microscope slides:. 1631 A general purpose battery operated brush and scrubber, patent number D259076. To submit photos, send them to the address in my profile.
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Thursday, August 27, 2009. 1705 The patent in titled "Ice Cube Tongs", but they could also be used for any other similar sized objects, patent number 1,967,731. 1706 A rocker assembly for a lawn glider. 1707 This was marked "fireplace game bird roaster. Although according to an expert on these, roasters typically had spikes that curved up so the meat would not fall off, and toasters were usually made with shorter and straighter spikes than the roasters. 1708 A Genesis Rescue Systems. 1709 A sailor's palm.
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