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the bracket, which is to support it. A piece of tin is cut out 

 from the upper part of the tube, a little more than -I of its cir- 

 cumference, and J of an inch deep, which of course, renders 

 -J of the upper part of the tube higher by \ of an inch than the 

 remaining ^. The edge of the higher part is then (to use the 

 heraldic term) invected, that is, cut into a continuation of small 

 convexities, of a size to fit the concavity of the scoop, or quill ; 

 so that when the latter is drawn across the edge to discharge 

 its contents, its concavity may be sure to fall upon one of the 

 convexities, and thus be scraped out clean. In the inside of the 

 lower part of the tube, are soldered two small sockets, of a size 

 to admit the pointed ends of the quills, but not suffer them 

 wholly to pass through. 



5. A bracket for supporting the tin cup, made of a piece of 

 iron wire about ^'^- of an inch in diameter, and 2 feet 9| inches 

 in length. The middle part of this piece of wire is bent close 

 round the tin cup, in the groove formed by the circular wire 

 abovementioned, so as to encircle the whole of the cup, excepting 

 about i of an inch, where the wire is again bent back on each 

 side, horizontally, in angles of about 62J degrees ; at which 

 angles it is confined close to the cup, by a hook of the same 



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