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it takes the same number to shut it. If it should be considered 

 desirable to have the gate opened from an upper room, it may 

 be done by means of the handle b 'mjig. 1 35., which will require 

 twenty-four turns to open or shut the gate. 



Fig. 134. shows how the wheel No. 1. is connected with the 



handle a: the wheel 

 c is merely intro- 

 duced for the pur- 

 pose of raising that 

 handle, which should 

 be about three feet 

 from the floor, as in 

 the plan,j%. 136. In 

 the same figure, the 

 wheels are seen fixed 

 to the wall at e. Fig. 

 135. shows the man- 

 ner in which the wheel 

 No. 6. is connected 

 with the handle b. 

 I do not consider it 

 necessary to place 

 machinery for open- 

 ing gates to be oper- 

 ated on from sitting- 

 rooms, but only from 

 bed-rooms. 



The size of the 

 wheels is as follows : 

 — No. 1. is four feet 

 in diameter; No. 2. is 

 twelve inches; No. 3. 

 three feet ; No. 4. 

 twelve inches ; No. 5. three feet; No. 6. nine inches; No. 7. 

 three feet ; and No. 8. six inches. 



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