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thick. An inch or so below the rim of the box, lengthwise on either 

 side, was fixed a wooden ledge. The press, instead of being suspended 

 from above, is supported on this ledge and is girded with a canvas 

 skirt which hangs down well below the upper edge of the box. As a 

 source of heat a small electric stove is used, the connecting cord of 

 which passes out through one of several holes which have been bored 

 in the sides of the box near the base. 



