Identifying mechanical linkage models for school display

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Hey guy,

I'm working at my school to ID our collection of kinematic models and make signs for explaining them. I have them almost done, but there are a few I can't find in any of the books, can you guys take a look at the attached and linked pictures and see if you can ID them?

Photo of a metal kinematic model with bevel gears, a spur gear, a crank handle and a long shaft on a grey metal frame, mounted against a white wall.

Photo through glass of a mechanical model with two bevel gears meshing with a central bevel gear, mounted in a curved metal frame with cylindrical shafts.

Photo of a dark mechanical model on a wooden base, with a red-painted frame, a wooden drum, metal rods and linkage arms mounted on a black plate.

Photo of a wooden-backed mechanical model on a stand, with red-painted brackets, brass and metal cylinders and linkage arms mounted on a dark board, displayed behind glass.

Tinypie logo above the message 'THIS IMAGE OR VIDEO HAS BEEN MOVED OR DELETED', a placeholder notice rather than a mechanism photo.
 
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  • Photo of a mechanical model on a wooden base: a flat rack with teeth on both sides meshes with a central toothed gear, with a metal rod extending from each end of the rack.
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  • Photo of a metal mechanical model on a stand, with a large brown wooden disc, a pair of meshing gears on a shaft, and a linkage arm; a toothed ring sits at the top edge.
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  • Photo of two large helical gears mounted on grey pedestal bases, meshing with smaller helical pinions on a shaft between them, in a display of mechanical gearing.
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  1. Not sure, might be able to tell more with a picture of the other side. It involves a lot of mechanical advantage whatever it is.
  2. Hard to say, could be some sort of idler or differential? Where's the other half?
  3. Looks like a steam piston to me, could have been used for any number of things.
  4. Same as above.
  5. I want to say steam piston as well, but the second smaller piston makes me think it's a 2-stage compressor...
 
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  1. Looks like a reversing rack and pinion system. As the pinion spins around it moves the bar to one side, and then back. Kind of an interesting design.
  2. I guess this is the other side of the piece I was asking for another picture of. Looking at it, I'm not sure what it is... seems like it might be for cutting a helical groove in a circular plate?
  3. Seems like some kind of large industrial right-angle transmission. What its for is anyone's guess...