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width, 2 ft. 8 in. ; depth of main part of body, 4J in. ; 

 wax-receptacle at lower end of body, 9 in. wide by 8 in. 

 deep. The sash is furnished with two sheets of glass 

 with an air-space of i in. between them. The wheel on 

 which the extractor is mounted is 4 ft. 6 in. diameter, 

 and works on an axle about 2 ft. long, driven into a 



Fig. 14. — SOLAR WAX EXTRACTOR. 



block of wood in the ground. The body of the wax- 

 extractor is lined with black sheet iron turned up at 

 the sides, and fitting loosely in the extractor. A long 

 tin divided into three compartments fits in the lower 

 part for catching the wax as it runs from the combs. 

 The tin and the divisions should run smaller at bottom 

 than at the top, to facilitate turning out the cakes of 

 wax, and the tops of the two divisions should be f in. 

 below the top of the tin. The middle compartment will 



