THE COTTAGE FIRESIDE 



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drum-shaped, sheet-iron body, connected with a wide square 

 tube narrowing 1 into the brass nozzle. Inside the drum is 

 a wheel with floats like a paddle-wheel. The spindle pro- 

 jects beyond the boxing, and has a small grooved wheel with 

 a band connecting it with the grooved ed^e of another, 

 nearly three times its diameter. A small wheel affixed to 

 the axle of this one is again connected in the same way 



Wheel and Fan Bellows 



with the larger driving wheel, with its multiplied power, which 

 is worked by the right hand. It is a neat-looking machine, 

 with its bright brass wheels and nozzle, and body painted a 

 quiet dark green. 



A very simple and ingenious mechanical device is the 

 kettle-tipper, or idle-back, or lazy-back, as some of my old 

 cottage friends used to call it. The lower part of the hook 

 by which it hooks on to the hanger rides astride of its upper 



