246 TOBACCO. 



Cigarettes. Cigarettes consist of paper tubes filled with 

 cut tobacco, with or without an external wrapper of leaf 

 tobacco. Preference is usually given to those made by 

 hand, but machines have been introduced with some 



FIG. 27. 



success for making the commoner kinds. A French 

 machine for making cigarettes is shown in Fig. 28. 

 Its work consists in making the paper tubes, and filling 

 them with tobacco. The paper, previously prepared, in 

 a band about 3 inches wide, is unrolled from the coil a by 

 means of the carriage b, and cut off in pieces about 1 inch 

 long for presentation to the mandrel c, temporarily intro- 

 duced into one of the tubes of the mould-carrier d. The 

 mandrel has a clamp which grasps the paper and rolls it, 

 and, at the moment when the latter escapes from the 

 carriage, its free end is brought upon a rubber pad 

 covered with gum, hidden in the illustration. The paper 



