Aloard of Medals, ^r., at Kilhurn. 
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whilst the cream occupies a more central position close round the 
axis of rotation. For the following admirable illustration and 
description I am indebted to Mr. F. S. Courtnay, assistant to 
Messrs. Eastons and Anderson, for whose hearty assistance in my 
difficult task I desire thus publicly to express my grateful thanks. 
rig. 7. — Section of Mr. de Laval's Centrifugal Cream Separator., 
The milk, as it comes from the cow, is placed in a milk can, 
and delivered by means of an ordinary tap into the top of a 
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