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The straight cross-cut saw is 4 J, to 5 feet lon<^, with a breadth 

 of blade of 41 to ~)'} inches. The handh.'S are phiced at right 

 angles to the cutting edge of the saw, which consists of tri- 



Fiu. 77. 



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angular teeth, with some shortened ones, and the blade is 

 slightly convex. Such saws are used in broad-leaved forests, 

 where there is much large timber, as in the Soessart and Rhine 



Fig. 78. 



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Valley. American saws, termed Nonpareil saws (.tigs. 77 and 78), 

 from Disston & Sons, Philadelphia, are now largely used in 

 Germany, and experience shows that their outturn in broad- 

 leaved forests is 35 to 10 per cent, more than that of the 



Fig. 70. 



ordinary German saws. In coniferous forests, on the other 

 hand, they have noc proved superior to the curved saw (fig. 81). 

 The Nonpareil saw is made of the best steel, and has an 

 ingenious contrivance for fastening and removing the handles. 

 The bow-saw (fg. 71t)> Nvhich ])artakes if the character of a 



