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[[blank page]] [[end page]] [[start page]] 28 Wednesday Jan. 4 - 1882. The transferring apparatus is shown in detail in Fig. 7. which is about full size -- Fig. 7. [[image, precise drawing of apparatus, with parts labeled A through I ]] A. is a steel bar sliding in [[strikethrough]] the [[/strikethrough]] holes in the brass support - B. C is a similar bar sliding in the support - D. Secured to bar A - at the inside end is a piece E. which carries an adjusting screw F. the object of which is to lengthen or shorten the distance between the ends of bar A & C. Screw F is tapped into piece E. and simply butts against the end of C. The end of bar A. is formed into a rounded chisel shaped point and rests against the phonogram upon the copper electrotype a portion of which is shown at G. The end of bar C. is formed into a cutting tool and is represented as cutting the phonogram in the disk Y (see p. 23) a portion of which is shown at H. The end of bar A. is pressed with a slight force against the copper phonogram by means of the spiral spring I. on bar C. so as to cause it to follow all the irregularities Noted by S.T. Jan. 4 & 5 - 1882 ----- over