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1378 shows the front view, Jiff. 1379 a view from the left side, fig. 1380 a 

 vertical section across the machine, and fig. 1381 a ground plan, a is a strong table, 

 furnished with four legs b, which to the right and left hand bears two horizontal pieces c. 

 Each of these pieces is cut out in front, so as to form in its substance a half-round fork, 

 that receives a cylinder d, carrying on its end a toothed spur-wheel e. Motion is com- 



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municated to the wheel by means of the handle/, upon whose axis the pinion i is fixed, 

 working into the wheel d, made fast to the end of the cylinder round which the leather 

 is rolled. The leather is fixed at one of its ends or edges to the cylinder, either with 

 a wedge pressed into a groove, or by a moveable segment of the cylinder itself. 



The table, a, is cut out lengthwise with a slot, that is widened below, as shown io 

 fig. 1380. 



