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WAX AND COMB. 



some of it. It can be made lighter than the natural 

 base, and yet hare the wires well covered with wax. Figure 



Fig. 78. — GIVEN FOUNDATION PRESS. 



79 shows a machine for making foundation of this kind. 

 Comb-foundation has been so much improved that the 



Fig. 79. — MACHINE FOB MAKING WORKEK-COMB FOUNDATION. 



liability of sagging is much diminished, yet in extremely 

 warm weather,and under certain circumstances, it will sag: 



