As I mention on the site, the answer page will probably be posted on
Saturday or Sunday.

http://puzzlephotos.blogspot.com/

Rob

On Jun 10, 11:53 pm, "R.H." cinci.rr.com> wrote:

1326. Metric clock.
Karl

On Wed, 11 Jun 2008 05:53:31 -0400, "R.H." cinci.rr.com>
wrote:

1326.. is a taffrail log, used to measure speed and/or distance
traveled on a boat/ship.

On Wed, 11 Jun 2008 05:53:31 -0400, R.H. wrote:

What's on the other end of #1327? The slightly horn-shaped end first
gave me the idea that it might be used for extinguishing candles, with
the other end cutting the wicks, but a nine-inch device would be a bit
big for that.

#1328 looks like it's used to count up and cut something. Coiled
postage stamps? The only problem is that it looks like there's a tenths
place on the counter.

#1328 coin counter

R.H. wrote:

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On Jun 11, 5:53 am, "R.H." cinci.rr.com> wrote:

#1330 is a Frequency Meter... but not the vibrating reed type. I don't
actually know how the pointer-type electromechanical ones work!

Tim.

#1329 Sales Tax Token

"R.H." cinci.rr.com> wrote in message
news:484fa079$0$30201$4c368faf@roadrunner.com...

1326: a ship's log (counts off length of line to a
float tossed into the water)

1328: a sounding apparatus? For maritime depth measurement, in
conjunction with a weight and line.
The cover looks noncorroding in ocean spray...

1329: some kind of tax token, only the historical archives
of the state of Illinois can tell us how it was used.

1330: an AC voltmeter, probably to monitor generator
output. Note the scale is very nonlinear near zero volts,
it might use a copper oxide rectifier. 1940s or earlier.
This has a mirrored scale, one lines up the needle with
its reflection for accurate reading (to eliminate parallax).

#1329 is a tax token.

On 2008-06-11, R.H. cinci.rr.com> wrote:

After missing a couple for various reasons -- including a
24-hour power outage, I'm back -- from rec.crafts.metalworking.

1326) I already saw the answer to this (taffrail log), and I agree
though I can't claim credit for the answer. Luckily the one
which I saw had only that one answer.

1327) I think that it is designed to hold a workpiece so it can be
quickly swiveled between the forge and the anvil.

Looks as though it is shaped to hold a specific kind of
workpiece.

1328) Looks like a device for counting and stacking for rolling
a specific denomination of coin. Since it does only one, I'll
guess that it is for counting bus or subway tokens rather than
standard coins. For standard coins, it would be able to
separate the denominations and count each separately.