litllc ribbons that tic tlicm toL^'ctliri". You ran then pull and pack 

 cacli shofl Icn^'lli in the glass williout setting Tip a number of twists, 

 and creating ultimate misrliief. If the line were uncoiled at right 

 angles, the twists made in it would result in making the line kink 

 when used, but this docs not occur provided the hne is free from all 

 twist when hung up to dry. 



As you progress in packing the line, push the amount deposited 

 every now and again down into the glass with a piece of metal cut in 

 the shape of a broad chisel. By this precaution sufificient room is 

 made for the froth which appears soon after the pumping begins. 

 Make the oil rather hot before pouring it into the tumbler, and keep 

 the coils beneath the surface by means of a piece of tin, scolloped and 

 perforated. 



When this part of the work is completed, remove the screw from 

 the centre of the brass table and place the tumbler with its contents 

 upon the aperture. Now give the bottom rim of the receiver a thin 

 coating of mutton fat, or tallow candle, and place it on the Ijrass talile 

 in position. In doing so, gently press and turn the receiver back- 

 wards and forwards so as to secure the closest possible contact. 

 Then begin to work the pump. 



When the bubbles rise to about half-an-inch from the top of the 

 tumbler suspend operations, or else an overflow will take place. 

 Left in that state for a few hours the bubbles will gradually dis- 

 appear, for the simple reason that a perfect vacuum cannot be 

 obtained. But, and this is the exception, you may exijcdite matters 

 at this one period by unscrewing the valve below the handle. This 

 lets in the air, the weiglit of which instantly crushes the bubbles and 

 drives the oil into all iiarts of the line whence thev came into cxis- 



