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Clunes Museum
Tool - PICK
... METAL MINER'S PICK USED UNDERGROUND Nil Miner's pick Mining tool ...METAL MINER'S PICK USED UNDERGROUNDNilminer's pick, mining tool -
Clunes Museum
tool - PICK HEAD
... tool METAL PICK HEAD FOR INDUSTRIAL USE Nil pick mining ...METAL PICK HEAD FOR INDUSTRIAL USENilpick, mining equipment -
Clunes Museum
Domestic object - BEAN SLICER
Metal bean slicer with 3 blades, screws to table or benchMetabo Germanydomestic tool, preserving tool, slicer, metabo -
Clunes Museum
SAW
... saw, curved and shaped wooden handle with 16 cm metal blade ...Hand saw, curved and shaped wooden handle with 16 cm metal bladetool carpentry, saw -
Clunes Museum
tool - KNIFE CLEANER
... CLEANER tool KNIFE-CLEANER,METAL BROWN,CIRCULAR FACE & REAR PLACES ...KNIFE-CLEANER,METAL BROWN,CIRCULAR FACE & REAR PLACES,FELT INSERTS,METAL STAND MOUNTED ON WOODEN BASE,WOODEN HANDLEFEDERAL KNIFE-CLEANER A.MC MILLAN PATENTED NO. 1local history, domestic item, cutlery, -
Clunes Museum
Tool - Nail
THE ITEM IS A Handmade metal nailNilnail, hand made nail -
Clunes Museum
Tool - NAIL
THE NAILS ARE HAND MADE,METAL AND TAPERED Nilnail, fastener -
Clunes Museum
HAND TOOL
... Masonry hammer, wooden handle with metal head Nil Hand Tool ...Masonry hammer, wooden handle with metal headNilhand tool, masonry hammer -
Parks Victoria - Andersons Mill
Tool - Pattern, bearing cover
Wooden pattern used to make impression in sand to form mold for casting hot metal. These patterns were for the caps for bearing covers.Wood, with an oval footprint. Pins underneath with covered channel across oval, cylindrical cap mounted on top of channel, semi-circular (approx) flanges either side of channel cover. -
Parks Victoria - Andersons Mill
Tool - Pattern, ring gear
Used to make cast for the metal ring gear for the water wheel which powered the Mill.Slightly arched wooden pattern with wooden ridges along the edge. Three square metal plates with a hole in the centre, bolted on with four bolts. Ten pentagin pieces of wood attached to the face. -
Parks Victoria - Andersons Mill
Tool - Hose
... Reserve 9 Alice Street Smeaton goldfields Hose Tool Long ...Attaches to a tap, used in the milling process. (some taps are still intact in the mill building.)Long cylindrical metal hose which gets narrower near the tip. attached to a long canvass hose. -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Domestic object - Fire Tongs
Fireplace tongs were used to add wood to the fireplace as well as break down the crackling wood to add more oxygen to growing flames. Of the four tools that were usually found in an upright fireplace set, tongs had the biggest design variation. Some tongs looked like medical calipers that were rounded at the bottom, while others were almost like metronomes with their rectangular shapes. https://www.lovetoknow.com/home/antiques-collectibles/vintage-antique-fireplace-tools Tongs are tools used to handle items, and generally move the item from one place to another, or turn things, like a piece of meat on a barbecue. Tongs usually have flat ends to pick up items without damaging them and to grip onto the items easily, however, some tongs have claws or toothed ends to grab more bulky and slippery items. Tongs are used mainly for handling food or hot items. Modern tongs are usually made from plastic, metal, stainless steel, or other material, depending on their purpose. Originally, tongs were probably wood sticks that eventually became metal sticks around 3000 BC to handle hot items in a fire Tongs are used to extend the hand or as a replacement handler for potentially dangerous items. Tongs usually have a sprung end so that the operator is required to squeeze the middle of the tongs to grab hold of an item, or they have a pivot which requires the user to squeeze the handles at the end to grip onto items, these being more effective at holding heavy items due to the extra force able to be applied. There are many types of tongs including barbecue tongs, salad tongs, blacksmith tongs, crucible tongs, ice cube tongs, sugar cube tongs and fire tongs. Tongs are often called ‘a pair of tongs’ and the word comes from the Old English, ‘tange’ or ‘tang’, meaning ‘that which bites’. There is evidence of Egyptians using metal rods and tong like tools to hold objects over fire, in around 1450 BC. https://tenrandomfacts.com/tongs/Fire tongs are still used with most open fires in homes.Brass fire tongs with holding clip and flat rounded handle at the end.None.flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, fireplace tools, tongs -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Domestic object - Saucepan
It is no secret that copper is currently experiencing a huge upsurge in popularity. This is mainly thanks to its beautiful colour featuring heavily in the ranges of countless homeware retailers. There is, however, far more to this lustrous metal than just its appearance. For example, it has a greater level of thermal conductivity than any other metal (except silver); roughly 60% higher than aluminium and 3000% higher than stainless steel. This means copper is capable of heating up very quickly when compared to other metals. Perhaps a less commonly known property of copper is it being inherently antimicrobial. A wide range of harmful microbes are unable to survive for more than a couple of hours when in contact with a surface made of copper or one of its alloys (brass and bronze). This has led to it often being used for frequently touched surfaces such as door knobs, push plates and taps. A seemingly perfect material for cooking, it is therefore no surprise that it has been used in kitchens for millennia. But exactly when did we learn to utilise copper and its valuable assets? Origins It is hard to pin down an exact date when copper cookware was first introduced. Pieces discovered in regions of the middle east were dated as far back as 9000BC, suggesting cooking with copper began during the Neolithic period (≈10000-2000BC). As civilisations became increasingly capable in metallurgical techniques, metals such as copper became more widely used. It would have been around this time that copper replaced stone as the material used for making tools and cooking vessels. The use of copper is also well documented in Ancient Egypt. Not only was it used to produce water and oil containers, but it was also used to in medical practices. The antimicrobial nature of copper was exploited long before the concept of microorganisms was fully understood. The Smith Papyrus, a medical text written between 2600 and 2200BC records the use of copper in sterilising wounds and drinking water. Tin Lining Although copper is essential to many processes within the human body, it can become toxic if consumed in excess. It was this knowledge that gave rise to lining cookware with tin, a technique used for hundreds of years to prevent copper leaching in to food. These tin linings would eventually wear out and during the 18th and 19th century, it was common for people to send pans away to be re-tinned. This practice is becoming increasingly rare, as are the craftsmen who perform it. Despite this, there are still manufactures producing tin-lined copper cookware who also offer a re-lining service. Perhaps the best known of these is Mauviel, a French manufacturer who have been making this type of cookware since 1830. Tin has now largely been replaced by stainless steel as an interior cooking surface. Not only is it more cost effective, but the high grade of stainless steel used in premium cookware (typically 18/10) is highly resistant to corrosion and more durable than tin.Copper saucepans are still used in many kitchens.Small copper saucepan with long handle and three ridges around the circumference. Extensive corrosion.None.flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, copper, saucepans, kitchen equipment -
Melbourne Legacy
Ceremonial object, Military Pace Stick
A hinged wooden stick that is used in military situations. It is kept in the Comradeship Lounge as a link to the legatees' military background. A pace stick is a training instrument used to gauge the length of pace and measure distance and interval for military parades. Legacy has a strong link to the military, most early legatees would be familiar with the pace stick and its use.Wooden stick that is hinged, has metal tips and is used as a pace tool.comradeship, pace stick -
Trafalgar Holden Museum
Tool - Horse clippers
... Horse clippers Tool Metal Bladed on metal arms with wooden ...for use in Horse grooming Circa 1900As imported and sold by Holden and FrostMetal Bladed on metal arms with wooden handlesMade in Englandhorse clippers, grooming, general -
Kilmore Historical Society
Tool - Left shoe last, Wooden left shoe last
Pale varnished wooden shoe last. Heel and foot separated but joined with tape. Metal pin in arch. Hollowed in sole and instepL stamped on both heel and foot exterior. -
Trafalgar Holden Museum
Tool - two pronged metal pitch fork with wooden handle
Farming tool used for feeding out fodder in stables and sheds+as sold by Holden and Frostwooden handled steel head pitch forkfarming, fork -
Trafalgar Holden Museum
Tool - Hand shears
... Hand shears Tool Metal hand shears as used in sheep shearing ...Metal hand shears as used in sheep shearingstreel, shears -
Trafalgar Holden Museum
Tool - Shifting spanner
... Shifting spanner Tool Metal two piece shifting spanner 11auto Use ...Use in repair of machinery and vehicles ca1900We believe this was retailed by HoldenMetal two piece shifting spanner11autospanner, tools -
Trafalgar Holden Museum
Tool - Shifting spanner
... Shifting spanner Tool Metal head with wooden handle M-H Used ...Used for maintenance of machinery and vehicles ca1900Used and retailed by Holden ca1900Metal head with wooden handleM-Hspanner, tool -
Trafalgar Holden Museum
Tool - chipping tool
... chipping tool Tool metal chipper with brass head and rosewood ...used by boot makers during ca 1900tool used by cobblers during ca1900metal chipper with brass head and rosewood handle OUN MANcobblers, tool -
Trafalgar Holden Museum
Tool - Sealing tool
... Sealing tool Tool metal head with wooden handle with different ...boot makers sealing tool used during ca1900boot makers sealing tool used during leather marking as requiredmetal head with wooden handle with different size grooves on headGROOVES MARKED 8 AND 9 N KADERAW - PRAHAN - 12cobblers, sealing tool -
Trafalgar Holden Museum
Tool - Eyelet tool
... eyelet tool with wooden and metal hook bent to 90 degrees... Eyelet tool Tool eyelet tool with wooden and metal hook bent ...Used circa 1900 for boot makers to put lace holes in leather boots/shoesused during the late 19th and early 20th centuries for boot makingeyelet tool with wooden and metal hook bent to 90 degrees for pressing eyelet holestool, cobbler, hole making -
Trafalgar Holden Museum
Tool - Dress makers scissors, Circa 1900
... Dress makers scissors Tool Metal dress making scissors used ...scissors used in equine accessory manufacture during the Circa 1900 periodtextile tool acquired by Holden and Frost Circa 1910Metal dress making scissors used in equine accessory makingSheffieldscissors, steel -
Trafalgar Holden Museum
Tool - Dress making scissors
... Dress making scissors Tool Large metal dress making scissors ...Dress making scissors as was used by Holden and Frost in the manufacture of equine accessoriesTextile tool used in ca1900 by Holden an FrostLarge metal dress making scissorssteel, dress making, scissors -
Trafalgar Holden Museum
Tool - Drapers scissors
... Drapers scissors Tool Long metal handled drapers scissors Drapers ...Drapers scissors as was used by Holden and Frost in the manufacture of equine accessoriesTextile tool used in ca1900 by Holden and FrostLong metal handled drapers scissors leather making, scissors -
Trafalgar Holden Museum
Tool - Drapers scissors
... Drapers scissors Tool Small metal silver drapers scissors ...domestic drapers scissors used ca1900 on equine leather accessories domestiSmall domestic drapers scissors used by Holden and Frost Small metal silver drapers scissors Sheffield Englandscissors, drapers -
Trafalgar Holden Museum
Tool - Small drapers scissors
... Small drapers scissors Tool Small silver metal drapers scissors ...drapers scissors as was used by Holden and Frost in the manufacture of equine accessories ca1900Drapers scissors as used by Holden and FrostSmall silver metal drapers scissors side1=sureditch 173 Side 2- JW Stytters 173sciissors, drapery -
Trafalgar Holden Museum
Tool - Pliers
... Pliers Tool silver metal steel mechanical pliers mechanical tool ...mechanical tool as was used by Holden and Frost maintenance workers ca1900mechanical tool used by maintenance workers at Holden and Frost silver metal steel mechanical pliers pilers, maintenance -
Mont De Lancey
Tool - Saw set, Early 20th century
... -and-dandenong-ranges Saw set Tool A metal guide used to set the teeth ...A tool to set the teeth of saws used in the early 20th centuryA metal guide used to set the teeth of a circular or crosscut saw when sharpening - i.e. to angle the teeth so that the saw bites into the wood.. It was used in the early 20th century.handsaws, woodworking saws, log saws, woodcutter saws