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one of the frames. The up- 

 rights are eighteen inches 

 high, and one thick, and 

 fifteen lines broad. The up- 

 per cross bar is of the same 

 thickness and breadth. 

 The cross bar is ten lines 

 broad and four lines thick 

 and is placed at the height 

 of six inches and a half. 

 The lower one is square, 

 six lines thick, and is placed about an inch from the bottom. 

 At the two ends of the eight leaves, or whatever their number 

 may be, there is a frame at each side ; each of which is 

 destined to receive a glass partition at the side of its interior, 

 and at its exterior a shutter. The opening of the frame, to 

 receive the glass partition and the shutter, is ten inches in 

 breadth, and fifteen in height, the 

 whole within the work. Hinges are 

 affixed, that they may be opened and 

 shut at pleasure. The leaves are 

 made of deal, with the exception of 

 the two outer ones, which are made 

 of oak or walnut wood. The leaves 

 are united only on one side by the 

 hinges ; for were it to be constructed 

 otherwise, the risk would be run of 

 crushing the bees in shutting the 

 frames. In lieu of the hinges, two cross bars, nineteen inches 

 long, fifteen lines broad, and four thick, enter at the middle 

 of the height, and from the two sides of the two glazed 

 frames, a small iron pin is put into the part which projects 

 along the side of the eight leaves, and is received in the holes 

 regularly bored ; and with the view of fixing the whole firmly, 

 there are four wooden pegs, or wedges, sloping gradually 



