Set 494

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2875. Approximately 3" long:






























2876. 2" diameter:





























2877. Sent in by someone who would like to find the purpose of this device, take a look at Neatorama for more guesses and a chance to win one of their funny T-shirts.

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2879.

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2880. Around 8" long:

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Answers:


2875. This is a spoke wrench, patent number 622,005:





























2876. This is probably a vintage campaign torch, for use in parades or at political speeches:






























2877. No answer yet for this device:

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An update from two weeks ago:

2867. This was part of an Enterprise food grinder, a similar one can be seen on this page:





















2878. Haven't yet been able to verify any of the guesses for this tool:



























2879. This is a gun for inserting plugs into tires:

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2880. An adding machine, patent number 414,959:





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