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the holders is attached to the machine. One side hackles one end of tho flax, and 

 the other side the other end. 



We now have to describe a machine for hackling cut line, patented by Mr. Lowry, 

 of Manchester, and now extensively in use at homo and on the Continent. It is 

 virtually a modification of Wordsworth's machine, already described. 



Fig. 943 is a side elevation of a sheet-hackling machine to which these improve- 

 ments are applied ; fig. 944 is an end elevation of the same ; fig. 945 is a front view ; 



945 



and Jiff. 946 an end view of one of Lowry's improved hackle bars. In Jigs. 943 and 

 944, a a represent the belts, sheets, or chains to which tho hackle bars b are attached. 

 These belts, sheets, or chains pass around tho small drums c c, and larger drums 

 d d, which are tu^ied round by the gearing, shown in tho drawing, or by any other 

 suitable arrangement of gearing. The hackle bars b are made with a recess to 

 receive the stock of the hackles e. 



The hackle bars b are connected to the belts, sheets, or chains a, a, by means of 

 rivota or screws, passing through tho flanges b t and through the belts, sheets, or 



