From 2022 Issues

What’s Its From the December 2022 Issue

189-1  A tool for threading wood screws, and a hole threader

Tool for threading wood screws and a hole threader

 

189-2  A dentist’s finger guard so he does not get bitten.

Dentist finger guard so he does not get bitten

 

189-3  A hog scraper from Europe with a hook for removing the hooves.

Hog scraper from Europe with a hook for removing the hooves

 

189-4  A dispatch carrier for use in a pneumatic tube.

Dispatch carrier for use in a pneumatic tube

Dispatch carrier for use in a pneumatic tube

 

What’s Its From the September 2022 Issue

188-1  A broom hanger, U.S. patent number 85298 https://patents.google.com/patent/US85298

Broom Hanger

 

188-2  A Coolpate quack medical device, made in 1902  it was meant to be worn on the forehead and was said to cure headaches, brain fog, congestion, neuralgia, lack of sleep, and fever. A few years later it was sold as a memory band.

Coolpate

 

188-3  A plumber’s tap borer, it was used to ream one end of a pipe in order to connect it to another.

Plumbers tap borer

188-4  An egg candler, used to observe the growth of an embryo inside an egg  by holding it up to a light.

 

What’s Its From the June 2022 Issue

187-1  No answer yet

 

 

 

187-2  An ear horn for use as a hearing aid

 

187-3  No answer yet, 7″ long:

 

 

187-4  A watchmaker’s memory plate, it helps to remember where each screw goes.

 

What’s Its From the March 2022 Issue

186-1 A cow milking claw for use with a milking machine

186-2 A vintage medical tonsil clamp, designed to hold enlarged tonsils during a tonsillectomy ca 1900

 

186-3 No answer yet

 

186-4 A machine used when making or installing tin roofs. “Chas. B. Hilbert Builder Cin. O.” In the 1887 Cincinnati City Directory, Mr. Hilber was listed as “Machinist & Manufacturer of Imported Roofing Machines & Collar Making Tools.”

This machine is available – please contact What’s Its page through this LINK.