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Treadle-operated

Perspective line drawing of a wooden frame machine with two paired lazy-tongs levers holding horizontal knives at top, operated by a foot treadle below, with a shallow pan at the base to catch drippings.

HONEY-COMB-UNCAPPING MACHINE.John Bourgmeyer · November 22, 1881

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