Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 339
THE REGISTER. It is carefully inclosed in a glass-case on allsides except that facing the register. Herethere is a small round opening near the bot-tom, through which projects the shaft of oneof the larger wheels of the machine. A brass 326 AN ALARM OF FIRE BY TELEGRAPH. [Feb. … A SET OF WHEELS FROMTHE SPECIAL. disk, or button, is pushed on this shaft whenan alarm is being sent out, and controls thenumber of strokes that this instrument ringsupon the big gongs. In the center of the platform, and directly atthe front, stands another machine that is reallya wonderful piece…
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