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Figure 2. — Hand Cards "Used on Plantation or Marv C. Purvis," Nelson County, Vir- 

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Figure 3. — -The First Machine in Lewis Paul's British Patent 636, Issued August 30, 1748. 

 The treadle moved the card-covered board B\ , in a horizontal direction as necessary to perform 

 the carding operation. With the aid of the needlcslick the fibers were removed separately 

 from each of the 16 cards .V. The carded fibers were placed on a narrow cloth band, which 

 unrolled from the small cylinder G, on the left, and was rolled up with the fibers on the cylinder 

 /, at the right. 



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