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exterior side plate. Hence (point first) a considerable diminu- 

 tion in the weight of the reel, with increased rather than 

 diminished strength. 



The handle of the Lysons reel terminates inside the rim, 

 so that the leverage is only about the same as that of a handle 

 attached in the ordinary way to a revolving side plate ; and to 

 gain the maximum of possible leverage (point two) I have 

 adopted in a modified form the handle which is said to be 

 the invention of Colonel Latour ^ — or which, at any rate, is 

 known as ' Colonel Latour's handle.' This, in a 4|-inch reel, 



PENNELL REEL, FIG. 2. 



Outside of left-hand plate, showing check mechanism and lid. 



gives an increased leverage, or winding-in power, of half an 

 inch in actual measurement, or, mechanicaliv speaking, some- 



1 A variation of this handle, with an extension of it right across the reel 

 from side to side, is known as ' Bright's ' handle, but it ofters no additional 

 advantages and adds materially to the weight. 



