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2. Oppenheimer pole - Wikipedia

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   Over time, the original mix of wooden and metal poles was upgraded with new poles, following Oppenheimer's patented innovations for metal telescoping poles. The so-called Oppenheimer poles were produced in Manchester and shipped to Australia throughout the 1880s and installed along the length of the Overland Telegraph Line.

3. Jack post - Wikipedia

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   Jack posts are telescopic tubular steel props consisting of two primary parts, the main part of the post, and the jack screw or other adjustable fitting on one or both ends. Both ends are normally fitted with flat metal plates on the end, providing additional support area.

4. Nose ring (animal) - Wikipedia

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   A bull pole or bull staff is a wooden or metal pole with a special hook on the end that snaps onto the nose ring. [10] The James Safety First Bull Staff (1919) was a five-foot-long steel tube with a lock hook on the bull's end operated from the handler's end of the pole. [ 11 ]

5. Beaverslide - Wikipedia

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   A beaverslide is a device for stacking hay, made of wooden poles and planks, that builds haystacks of loose, unbaled hay to be stored outdoors and used as fodder for livestock. The beaverslide consists of a frame supporting an inclined plane up which a load of hay is pushed to a height of about 30 feet (9 m), before dropping through a large gap.

6. Telescopic handler - Wikipedia

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   A telescopic handler, also called a lull, telehandler, teleporter, reach forklift, or zoom boom, is a machine widely used in agriculture and industry. It is somewhat like a forklift but has a boom ( telescopic cylinder ), making it more a crane than a forklift, with the increased versatility of a single telescopic boom that can extend forwards ...

7. Baton (law enforcement) - Wikipedia

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   A baton (also truncheon, nightstick, billy club, billystick, cosh, lathi, or simply stick) is a roughly cylindrical club made of wood, rubber, plastic, or metal. It is carried as a compliance tool and defensive weapon [ 1 ] by law-enforcement officers , correctional staff , security guards and military personnel .

8. Pike pole - Wikipedia

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   The head of a pike pole with various implements for pulling items The head of a short firefighter's pike pole. A pike pole is a long metal-topped wooden, aluminium or fiberglass pole used for reaching, hooking and/or pulling on another object. They are variously used in boating, construction, logging, rescue and recovery, power line maintenance ...

9. Cowbell - Wikipedia

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   During this era, there is evidence of early forms of pottery cowbells, which were likely used to track goats, sheep, and cattle. [7] The pottery bells were later replaced by metal bells. In West Asia, the first bells appeared in 1000 BC. [6] The earliest metal bells, one found in the Taosi site, and four in the Erlitou site, are dated to about ...