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DESCKIPTION OF THE TREE- LIFTER. 



A pair of wheels, 8 feet in diameter, standing 4 feet 

 6 inches apart, or the same widtli apart as the common 

 carts and waggons of the country. Twenty spokes. 

 Width of the tire, 2-| inches. The wheels quite 

 straight, and undished. An iron axle of 3 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 tlie rims 

 of the wooden wheels. The entire machine thus 

 forming simply a windlass on wheels. A strong iron 

 ring playing loose on the axle, and a strong iron hook 

 playing. loose on this ring, to hold the weight when 

 raised. 



Shafts 10 feet 4 inches from the axle ; to take on 

 and off the axle by means of a hook and screw. Five 

 chains, 12 feet 6 inches in length, with a jiook at each 

 end ; one chain, 14 feet 6 inches in length, with a 

 hook at each end, and with six round links at each 

 end, to distinguish it from the other chains. A box 

 with six compartments to hold the chains. Two 

 strong planks, 8 feet in length, with a hole bored in 

 each, to fit on to a pin on the shafts, along which, and 



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