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DESCRIFTION OF THE TREE-LIFTER. 



A pair of wheels eight feet in diameter, 

 standing four feet six inches apart, or the 

 same width apart as the common carts 

 and waggons of the country. Twenty 

 spokes. Width of the tire, two inches 

 one eighth. The wheels quite straight, 

 and undished. An iron axle of three 

 inches diameter throughout, and perfectly 

 straight. An iron wheel, fixed with a 

 linch pin, on each end of the axle, 

 outside the box of each wooden wheel. 

 The iron wheels to have six spokes, 

 ending in wooden handles projecting one 

 foot beyond the rims. One wooden 

 handle fixed on the rims between each 

 spoke. The ends of these twelve handles 

 to be just within the rims of the wooden 

 wheels. The entire machine thus forming 

 simply a windlass on wheels. A strong 

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