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TRANSACTIONS OF THE 



Waymoth's Patent Spool and Box Lathe. 



Wood^s Improved Self-feeding Shingle Machine. 



Seeley & Chism, 137 Nassau, corner of Beekman streets, New- 

 York. 



" The attention of those inte- 

 rested in the manufacture of 

 shingles, and the public gene- 

 rally, is most respectfully in- 

 1^ vited to an examination of the 

 merits of this improvement for 

 cutting shingles; in fullconfi- 



Wood^s Self-feeding Shingle Machine. ^encC that all who will take 



the trouble to witness its operation, will be thoroughly convinced 

 of its utility, as well as its superiority over every other shingle 

 machine heretofore in use. It is constructed on an entirely new 

 principle, at once simple and compact, can be readily attached to 

 steam, water or horse power, or may be operated by hand; in 

 fact, it is adapted to every circumstance in the manufacture of 

 shingles, and jointing them ready for use. 



" It requires only about one horse power to propel this machine 

 with sufficient force to cut one shingle per second, and any man 



