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    WANTED: GADGETS, GIZMOS & CONTRAPTIONS AUGUST MYSTERY TOOLS

    Jul 10, 2020 4 minutes

    The genius of pioneer inventors can confound us. Countless contraptions that revolutionized farming in the 19th and early 20th centuries have become contemporary curiosities, or even mysteries. Here are six sent in by readers. Do you know what they are? Answers to the August 2020 items will appear in the Octorber 2020 issue.

    Answers for new items in this issue must be received by Aug. 7, 2020.

    A. Tool measures about 6 inches long. Metal parts are not sharp.

    B. V in this tool is at 72 degrees, rather than 90 degrees, so would not be used on its own to make a perfect corner. Head measures about 10 inches wide.

    Tool measures 13-1/2 inches long;

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