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WATER-POTS. 



Galvanised hose reels, to ca rr " loo and 



FIG. I. UIFFEKENT FORMS OF VVATEK-POT. 



2OO feet of ^-inch hose, are supplied at 

 about i6s. and i8s. each, respectively. 



Water-Pots. 



The principle of the water-pot is the 

 same in every case, but the form of these 

 appliances differ slightly one from another. 

 They are made of tinplate and zinc, and 

 unless lightness is a desideratum those of 

 zinc are preferable, because they are more 

 durable than those of tinplate, though they 

 are heavier to carry. Zinc pots are gene- 

 rally sold unpainted, but those of tinplate 

 are supplied in two colours, red and green, 

 the red being the cheaper. The body of 

 the water-pot is cylindrical in form, with a 

 flat bottom, with three bosses or feet of 

 metal attached to the larger and better 

 kinds to keep the bottom from touching 

 the ground when out of use, and partly 

 covered with a crescent shaped, slightly 

 domed top, the object of which is to pre- 

 vent the escape of the water over the brim 

 of the cylindrical body when tilted, as it 

 would do if there were no cover. Some of 

 the different forms are shown at A, u, c, D, 

 in Fig. i, in which A represents the ordi- 

 nary form, with the rose attached in the 

 usual way ; B, a pot of the same construc- 



tion, with the rose reversed on the spout, 

 so as to distribute the water over a larger 

 area ; c, the same construction, with a 

 long spout and a fine rose; and D, the 

 " Paxton " pot, in which the form of the 

 handle is altogether different, as well as 

 that of the rose and the semi-cover. In 

 the ordinary form of pot the handles are 

 disposed as in Fig. 2, a diagram which is 

 given for the purpose of clearly showing 

 the utility of construction. The handle 

 across the top is for conveying the water- 

 pot from one place to another, the handle 

 at the side for holding the pot while dis- 

 charging its contents. In carriage the 

 surface of the water is parallel to the 

 bottom of the pot, but in watering the 

 level changes and maintains a position 

 always at right angles to the dotted line 

 that runs from the centre of the handle at 

 the side to the lowest point of the orifice 

 in the body which the spout covers, and at 

 which the spout is attached to the body. 

 As soon as the pot is taken by the side 



FIG. 2. CONSTRUCTION ( 



handle and the vessel is tilted to discharge 

 its contents, the level of the water changes 

 to the dotted line CD, and this, without 

 further remark, shows the necessity for the 

 double handling and the semi-cover over 

 the top of the body. Again, as the lower 

 line of the spout is at right angles to the 



