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[[preprinted]] 28 [[/preprinted]] [[blank page]] [[end page]] [[start page]] [[preprinted]] 29 [[/preprinted]] [[image - line from top of left margin to bottom of left margin]] Monday Apr. 9-1883. Some time ago I ordered a long strip of sheet copper for purpose of making narrow strips for my double conductor. On Saturday I received through L.H. Schneider & Son a roll of copper composed of a strip about 4 in wide and 170 ft. long, No. 30 Eng. gage. This wide strip I propose to cut up into suitable narrow ones by means of the following machine, which was completed about a week ago for this purpose: A & B are two rotary steel cutters mounted so as to overlap slightly and form a pair of shears, as shown. [[image - diagram of machine annotated with A-H]] Cutter A, is fastened to the end of a shaft which turns in the support C, and is worked by the crank -D- Noted by S.T. Apr. 9-1883 [[overlined and underlined]] over [[/overlined and underlined]]