1239. This tool was used for champhering the head of a barrel so that it would hold in the groove around the top.

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1240. A Coyle Voting Machine, the first voting machine to turn a punch card into a ballot, patent number 3,214,092.




































1241. Don't yet know what this was made for, it was originally posted here and here.




















1242. A woodworker's pocket hole jig, some good examples of how it's used can be seen here.





















1243a. These were placed onto the head of a calf when they wanted it to stop nursing on the cow, the cow would get poked by the spikes and push the calf away, patent number 1,882,232. An easier solution would be to put them in separate pens, but apparently that wasn't always an option.

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Other versions of the same device:
1243b.

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1243c.

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1243d.

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1243e. Muzzle type:























1244. Still don't know what these were for:








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Both sides look the same:
































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