Mechanics' magazine and register of inventions and improvements . |!;f;iiT;ra,-77 ,;;,--i^§ilit!^ Mr. Bigelows Paper Ruling Maciiiive.—The above cut represents a very simpleand compact machine for ruling paper foraccount books, invented and constructed byMr. Bigelow, of Fulton street, Brooklyn, , requiring but one person to work it. Thepaper is laid on by the left hand, and thecrank turned by the right, and by means ofan endless cloth is drawn towards the cylin-der, and confined to it by endless the top of the cylinder are the pens,which, by means of the weight attached, can 18 be
Mechanics' magazine and register of inventions and improvements . |!;f;iiT;ra,-77 ,;;,--i^§ilit!^ Mr. Bigelows Paper Ruling Maciiiive.—The above cut represents a very simpleand compact machine for ruling paper foraccount books, invented and constructed byMr. Bigelow, of Fulton street, Brooklyn, , requiring but one person to work it. Thepaper is laid on by the left hand, and thecrank turned by the right, and by means ofan endless cloth is drawn towards the cylin-der, and confined to it by endless the top of the cylinder are the pens,which, by means of the weight attached, can 18 be made to press light or heavy, as may berequired. The paper thus ruled passesiound the cylinder, and by means of theendless cords is con veyed to a sufficient dis-tance to enable the ink to dry when it dropson the pile. Mr. Jko. S. Williams, Engineer and Superin-intendant of the Cincinnati, Columbus, andWooster Turnpike Company, some time sinceundertook (gratuitously) to survey the routefrom Goshen to Columbus, with a view of as^ 210 Williams on Track
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