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if the latter were not less than one-third the size of the 

 winch-wheel, the reel would be comparatively free from 

 this defect ; and what we should lose in speed we should 

 gain in safety. 



As the chief cause of this reel clogging, when a strain 



Fig. 4. 



is applied to it, is the smallness in diameter of the 

 pinion upon the end of the drum, I- suggest an im- 

 proved form of that implement in Fig. 4, which will allow 

 of the pinion being sufficiently large in diameter to work 

 freely with any ordinary amount of strain ; while the 



