. The A B C of bee culture: a cyclopaedia of every thing pertaining to the care of the honey-bee. SMOKE AND SMOKERS. 232 SMOKE AND SMOKERS. made of pieces of tin. 1 inch square. They are rolled up with a little steel rod having a crank on the end. A groove in this steel rod catches the end of the tin. which is inserted through an opening in a cylinder in which the rod revolves, thns making it possible to roll the tubes(luite rapidly. Alniotil any tinsmith has the tools necessa- ry for making the tinwork. and if you show him this description he will readily under- stand it. In our business we l


. The A B C of bee culture: a cyclopaedia of every thing pertaining to the care of the honey-bee. SMOKE AND SMOKERS. 232 SMOKE AND SMOKERS. made of pieces of tin. 1 inch square. They are rolled up with a little steel rod having a crank on the end. A groove in this steel rod catches the end of the tin. which is inserted through an opening in a cylinder in which the rod revolves, thns making it possible to roll the tubes(luite rapidly. Alniotil any tinsmith has the tools necessa- ry for making the tinwork. and if you show him this description he will readily under- stand it. In our business we liave a pair of circular shears that cut the large circles by a single turn of a crank, and they are cut in quarters by a pair of tinner's squaring shears. The holes for tlie door are also cut by a foot- power i)ress, and the holes in the blank sheet for the screws and bhist-tulje are also cut Ijy one (:»}ieralioii by the foot-power press. ment known as a perfume - atomizer, or spray-diffuser, the current of air drawing either air or liquids after it. Tlie action of the cold-blast principle will be made plain by the cut opposite, which was made from Corey's orig- inal cold - blast smoker as it was sent me. The blast, in passing thro" i the larger tube that in- closes the blast-tiilic. draws the air with iti from the tire - recepta- cle ; this, of course, pro- „„, blast. duces a partial vacuum, and causes the out- er air to rush in through the lioles in and about the damper. The blast, as you will. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Root, A. I. (Amos Ives), 1839-1923. Sydney, Hebblewhite


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