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V. Gain for receiving slide H. Scale one-eighth 

 of an inch. 



Plate xvii, fig. 32, represents the front board W. 



Fig. 33, sill J. The dimensions and position of 

 each part are given. 



Plate xvm, fig. 34, represents the parts compos- 

 ing the comb frame K. 



a and b are the vertical legs, eleven and seven- 

 eighths inches long, one inch wide and three-eighths 

 of an inch thick. 



e is a tenon, one and three-sixteenths inches long 

 by five-eighths inch wide. 



c is the top piece, eleven inches long by eleven- 

 sixteenths of an inch square. 



Plate xix, fig. 35, represents a gauge on which 

 to nail the parts composing the comb frame K to- 

 gether. 



L. The base, twenty inches long, ten inches wide 

 and one and one-half inches thick. 



M. The upright, twelve inches long, eleven and 

 three-fourths inches high, and one and one-half inches 

 thick. 



n is a batten forming a stop for the top piece c 

 of the frame. 



o. A batten placed parallel with the first, and for 

 the center bar of frame to rest against. 



P. Is a button to hold the top piece and center 



bar in place while the legs are being nailed to them. 



The leg a is nailed first, the frame is then turned 



and leg d fastened in like manner, a sixpenny nail is 



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