Brass disk from 1750s military site

[MarkDz]

Hi... Here's a puzzler. It's a brass disk with serrated edges (seem to be hand-cut, on one side only). It came from a French & Indian War military site, though it certainly could be later and/or civilian. Any guesses?

 

[cj74]

Just a guess but with that bevel on the inner hole I would guess some sort of saw blade. But, with your dates and it being brass, I'm sure I'm wrong.

 

[Tedyoh]

So I counted the teeth, best I could, and came up with 100, for what it's worth. Maybe one of these or a part to an old Adding Machine, maybe the Adall Calculator?


http://www.johnwolff.id.au/calculators/adders/adders.htm#Column


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[Old Pueblo]

Looks like a gear to an old clock or something to me.

 

[nsdq]

Old egg beater ?

 

[cj74]

Bone saw?

 

[Icewing]

Pricking wheel for leather.

Kind of like this.
https://www.bing.com/images/search?...07989834110468437&selectedIndex=76&ajaxhist=0

 

[4x4x4]

So I counted the teeth, best I could, and came up with 100, for what it's worth. Maybe one of these or a part to an old Adding Machine, maybe the Adall Calculator?


John Wolff's Web Museum - Small Rotary Adding Machines


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Amazing !

 

[MarkDz]

Thanks for the ideas! Some interesting ones for sure. I would have assumed it was for cutting something or working leather, but would think that'd be better done with a harder metal. It could be a gear of some sort. The adding machine idea is intriguing (thanks for counting the teeth, Tedyoh!) though it looks a little primitive for that and has no numbers on it.

 

[sutphin]

ONE HELLUVA CLOCK GEAR