tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-86962601137317159642023-06-20T21:42:43.993-07:00What is it? Answers 172Rob H.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02571776892571984835noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8696260113731715964.post-89949729129513651992007-05-31T16:25:00.001-07:002007-06-01T14:50:35.162-07:00995. Book clamp, in the days before book bags, this was invented to be used for carrying books.<br /><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v80/harnett65/Album%206/pic995s.jpg" /><br /><br />Patent number <a href="http://www.google.com/patents?id=DItyAAAAEBAJ&dq=198,437">198,437</a><br /><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v80/harnett65/Album%206/bookclmpa.jpg" /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />996. Carriage makers' plow plane or coach makers' plow, for making grooves in wood.<br /><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v80/harnett65/Album%206/pic996s.jpg" /><br /><a href="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v80/harnett65/Album%206/pic996aL.jpg">Larger photo</a><br /><br /><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v80/harnett65/Album%206/pic996c.jpg" /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />997a. Boot puller, the handle can be folded down against the hook.<br /><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v80/harnett65/Album%206/pic997.jpg" /><br /><br />997b. When new, this end was sharp and was used as a leather punch.<br /><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v80/harnett65/Album%206/pic997a.jpg" /><br /><br /><br />997c. Carriage door key<br /><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v80/harnett65/Album%206/pic997d.jpg" /><br /><br />Similar to this one that I found on ebay, the same seller has <a href="http://search.ebay.com/carriage-door-key_W0QQ_trksidZm37QQfromZR40">two slightly different keys</a> still up for auction.<br /><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v80/harnett65/Album%206/pic997c.jpg" /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />998. Macadam hammer, also called macadamizing hammer, nappan knocker, and napping hammer; used to break up stone for use on a roadway. Several people have told me that before roads were paved, people who couldn't pay their taxes would sit on their front porch and use this type of hammer to break stone and then place it in the roadway in front of their house, they would then be forgiven all or part of their tax debt for helping pave the street.<br /><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v80/harnett65/Album%206/pic998.jpg" /><br />From Jim Brown's collection.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />999. <a href="http://www.toolsforworkingwood.com/Merchant/merchant.mvc?Session_ID=89bb4ac89d3a12748dd1a61bf15a29e4&Screen=PROD&Store_Code=toolshop&Product_Code=EE-500-21.XX&Category_Code=TBMC">Lock mortise chisel</a>. To fit a mortise lock, first holes are drilled and then the waste wood is <a href="http://www.practicaldiy.com/carpentry/mortise_lock/fitting_mortise.php">removed with a chisel</a>. <br /><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v80/harnett65/Album%206/pic999s.jpg" /><br /><br /><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v80/harnett65/Album%206/pic999a.jpg" /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />1000. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wimshurst_machine">Wimshurst machine</a>, static electricity generator:<br /><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v80/harnett65/Album%206/pic1000s.jpg" /><br /><br /><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v80/harnett65/Album%206/pic1000a.jpg" /><br /><br /><br /><br />-----<br /><br /><br /><br />A year or two ago I posted this photo that someone had sent to me, it was number 436:<br /><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v80/harnett65/Album%203/pic436.jpg" /><br /><br />There were a lot of guesses for it, but I wasn't able to verify any of them or locate a similar device. Then a few days ago I found this one:<br /><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v80/harnett65/Album%206/pic1000z.jpg"><br /><br />The owner says that it's a "test apparatus most likely used for testing break points and hardness", it has a <a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/Antique-Laboratory-Solid-Brass-Hardness-Test-Science_W0QQitemZ150126433467QQihZ005QQcategoryZ361QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem">current bid price of $76 on ebay</a>.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Last week's set is seen below, <a href="http://puzzlephotos.blogspot.com/2007/05/set-171.html">click here</a> to view the entire post:<br /><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v80/harnett65/Album%206/set171.jpg" /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />More discussion and comments on these photos can be found at the newsgroup <a href="http://groups.google.com/group/rec.puzzles?hl=en">rec.puzzles</a>.Rob H.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02571776892571984835noreply@blogger.com0