Thursday, May 29, 2014

Set 547

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3193. 7" long:

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3194. 12" long:

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3195. 22" long:

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3196. 8' long:

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3197. 4" long:

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3198. 42" long, this device is hollow and has three holes in the front and back, take a look at Neatorama for more guesses and a chance to win a T-shirt.

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Answers:



3193. These are H-K Electric Engines that were patented in 1905, they are powered by a large battery:

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3194. This is a pipe wrench that is missing the upper jaw and the nut:

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3195. A hay knife, it was used to cut hay from a haystack:

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3196. This was marked "early railroad bench", the seats are numbered 30 through 33:

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3197. A Webster Electrical Corp. microphone from the 1950s, for use with a wire recorder:

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3198. This is a Duochord (Sonometer), it was used to measure sound frequency in acoustical experiments:

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6 comments:

  1. 3194 The handle part of a Stillson wrench.

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  2. 3196 School lecture hall bench

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  3. 3191 - hay knife

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  4. 3196: press or staff seating from an old stadium?

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  5. 3193 is a steam-powered mailbox, of course! :)

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  6. 3195. Blubber knife.

    3198. Bichord, used for teaching music theory.

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