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Rob

1467 Slide tray. Feeds slides into a slide projector.

1468 Ice delivery indicator. Put it in a window so the Ice man knows how
much ice to schlep up to the upper floor for your icebox.

1470 * Jack (I'm not trying to be nasty to someone named Jack.)
General purpose lifting jack from the era before hydraulics.



"Rob H." wrote in message
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> We need help from a Civil War expert for the first piece in this week's
> set:
>
> http://55tools.blogspot.com/
>
>
> Rob

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> We need help from a Civil War expert for the first piece in this
> week's set:
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> http://55tools.blogspot.com/
>
>
> Rob

1465 Could it be a device for indicating wind direction by compass
point?
Perhaps used in gunnery?

On Nov 20, 5:17 pm, "Rob H." wrote:
> We need help from a Civil War expert for the first piece in this week's set:
>
> http://55tools.blogspot.com/
>
> Rob

1465: I gotta believe that this is a wind vane for directing
artillery, or else for launching hot air balloons that they used for
observation.

1466: baling pliers. The baling wire is grasped by the pliers, which
are twisted around, tightening the wire. Then the pliers are opened
and the wire is cut.

1467: Linear slide carousel for a slide projector.

1468: Ice thickness indicator for roads that cross frozen ponds in the
winter. I'd hate to be the guy who has to retrieve the sign in the
spring....

1469: The case and bone latch makes this Chinese, for sure. (The
chopsticks help, too). I think its a pharmacology toolkit, for making
medicines from bark, etc.

1470: http://www.lkgoodwin.com/more_info/screw_jacks/screw_jacks.shtml

-riverman

On Thu, 20 Nov 2008 04:17:29 -0500, Rob H. wrote:

> We need help from a Civil War expert for the first piece in this
> week's set:

I'm guessing, and am not an expert on the Civil War, or any of the
things you normally post. :-) I also haven't looked at any of the
other guesses.

1465: Weather vane. I'd guess it was for taking up in a balloon, since
balloons were used in the Civil War. Read up on Thaddeus Lowe, eg.
http://www.civilwarhome.com/lowebio.htm

1468: Indicator for how many pounds of ice a home needed?

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"Rob H." wrote in message
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> We need help from a Civil War expert for the first piece in this week's
> set:
>
> http://55tools.blogspot.com/
>
>
> Rob

Well,

1466 (a guess) wire bending pliers

1467 is easy enough... a slide tray for a slide projector.

1468 ???

1469 (a guess), some sort of Japanese tea set.

1470 a Jack stand. 1 1/4" is probably good for a ton or two.

"Rob H." wrote in news:gg39v60suj@news7.newsguy.com:

> We need help from a Civil War expert for the first piece in this
> week's set:
>
> http://55tools.blogspot.com/

1465: At a guess, it's an ranging compass and the freely-spinning arrow is
to help the gunner allow for windage.

1468: it's an ice order card. You set it in your window with the number
representing the amount of ice you wanted uppermost, and the iceman
delivered accordingly. As it's photographed, he would deliver 20 pounds.

1469: Japanese or Korean eating kit for travel. The small skewer is for
sticking small tidbits (like the toothpick in an hors d'ouever) The two-
pronged thing is a fork.
http://research.calacademy.org/research/anthropology/utensil/portable.htm
is Korean

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> We need help from a Civil War expert for the first piece in this week's
> set:
>
> http://55tools.blogspot.com/
>
>
> Rob
1465 navigation tool for boats. I quess the navigator would get the piece
lined up with magnetic north then set the arrow in the direction they needed
to go. I would guess that the unit has a gimble? to keep it upright with the
motion of the boat.
1466 looks like a tool to tighten wire or something. Maybe for banding stuff
together.
1467 Floppy disc holder?
1468 no idea but I am sure I have seen this somewhere, My guess would be
that it tells the user what the acceptable temperature is for a substance.
1469 pass???

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> "Rob H." wrote in message
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>> We need help from a Civil War expert for the first piece in this week's
>> set:
>>
>> http://55tools.blogspot.com/
>>
>>
>> Rob
> 1465 navigation tool for boats. I quess the navigator would get the piece
> lined up with magnetic north then set the arrow in the direction they
> needed to go. I would guess that the unit has a gimble? to keep it upright
> with the motion of the boat.
> 1466 looks like a tool to tighten wire or something. Maybe for banding
> stuff together.
> 1467 Floppy disc holder?
> 1468 no idea but I am sure I have seen this somewhere, My guess would be
> that it tells the user what the acceptable temperature is for a substance.
> 1469 pass???
oops missed 1470 but its a jack.

"Barbara Bailey" wrote:
(clip) 1469: Japanese or Korean eating kit for travel. The small skewer is
for
> sticking small tidbits (like the toothpick in an hors d'ouever) (clip)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
The small spoon on the opposite end is suspiciously like those used for
sniffing dope.