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the cage is made to revolve until the honey is thrown 

 out. To those who do not mind hard work this form 

 of extractor will be acceptable, but as the holding 

 capacity below the cage is small, the can requires 

 frequent emptying, otherwise clothes are spoilt and 

 honey wasted. 



About the same period a cylinder extractor was 



Fig. 38. 



designed by Mr. T. W. Cowan, and is still, with 

 various alterations, a well-known machine. It con- 

 sists of a cylinder in which are fixed two cages 

 revolving round a central spindle turned with or 

 without multiplying gear. Beneath the cages there is 

 space for a large quantity of honey, which allows of 

 several combs being extracted before the honey is 

 run off. 



