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sections of those who can make them by machinery neater and 

 cheaper than we possibly can by hand. 



Dr. C. C. Miller, James Heddon, and many others, prefer 

 sections made as are children's toy blocks — the sides fastened 

 by a sort of mortise and tenon arrangement (Fig-. 103). These 

 are preferred, as they do not have the shoulder of the one- 



FiG. 103. 



Dovetailed Sectio7i. — From A. I. Hoot Co. 



piece section. They are objected to from the longer time re- 

 quired to put the pieces together, and their lack of rigidity 

 when together, so that they are likely to get out of shape. 



The Wheeler section — invented and patented by Mr. Geo. 

 T. Wheeler, of Mexico, N. Y., in 1870— is remarkable for being 



Fig. 104. 



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One-Pound Section. — From A. I. Boot Co. 

 Fig. 105. 



1=1 



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Prize Section.— From A. I. Root Co. 



the first to be used with tin separators. Instead of making the 

 bottoms narrower for a passage, Mr. Wheeler made an open- 

 ing in the bottom. 



Another style of section, termed the one-piece section (Fig. 

 104), is, as its name implies, made of a single piece of wood, 



