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A NEW UNIVERSAL FLOAT. 
No. 1583. An Act to amend Chap. 570, Laws 1895, entitled “ An Act for the in¬ 
corporation of associations for the improvement of the breed of horses, and to regulate 
the same, and to establish a State racing commission,” as amended by Chap. 380, Laws- 
1896. Read once and referred to Committee on General Laws. 
No. 1610. An Act to amend sections 1081 and 1127 of the Code of Civil Procedure,, 
relating to jury duty. Read once and referred to Codes Committee. 
A NEW UNIVERSAL FLOAT. 
We herewith call attention of our readers to a new ingenious 
float devised by Messrs. John Reynders & Co., of 303 Fourth 
Avenue, New York City. 
The ordinary straight float is but an imperfect instrument,, 
answering well enough for the back molars ; thoroughness and 
convenience, though*, require also a shorter angular float for 
front and intermediate molars. Thus the user had to have 
either two floats or one of the so-called combined floats, consist¬ 
ing of the usual long back molar float to unscrew and a short 
angular rasp or file-blade holder, screwing to the handle and 
stem part of the float. 
In either case it made two or three separate pieces, either of 
which could be lost and the adjustment of which is not as con¬ 
venient as with the new float we now picture. 
The two illustrations show one tool in its more important 
ways of adjustment ; the upper one as the usual long back and 
the lower one as the shorter angular front and intermediate 
molar float. The shank consists of two parts sliding one within 
the other, a set screw making it firm in such length as may be 
desirable. 
When this float is in its compact adjustment (see lower 
figure) the end of the inner part of the shank protrudes as 
shown, a little beyond the handle for the purpose of affording a 
blunt screw-driver for the screw holding the rasp or file blade 
in this shorter form the float is quite convenient for the pocket. 
The solid part of the shank screws into a little screw-ended 
stem connected by swivel to the blade-holder and the swivel- 
