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first, of an ordinary bellows [A, Fig. 1 17], to which 

 is adapted the apparatus meant to hold the sulphur. 

 This is made of tin ; consists of an oval box, B, fixed 

 to the end of the nozzle of the bellows, and having 

 three openings. The first [C, Fig. 118] admits the air 



[Fig. 117.] — Gaffe's Bellows^ for Sulphurating Vines at- 

 tacked by Oidium. 



expelled by the bellows ; the second, D, allows the sul- 

 phur to be introduced into the box, and is closed with a 

 cork stopper, E ; the third, I, allows the air which has 

 entered the box to escape, taking a certain quantity of 

 sulphur, F, with it. The box is divided inside by two 



[Fig. 118.] — Vertical Section of the Preceding Figure. 



horizontal open partitions. The first one, G, is com- 

 posed of seven iron wires, stretched at distances of 

 four-tenths of an inch from each other, lengthwise in 

 the box. The second, H, is a copper cloth, stretched at 

 four-tenths of an inch below the first partition, and the 



