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Compound coiled spring

Patent drawing of a fishing rod butt with an internal reel mechanism, showing cross-sections of the cylindrical shell with a coiled spring, shafts, bevel gears, a ratchet wheel with pawl, and lever and button controls for engaging or disengaging the spring-driven reel, with a signed inventor's name and witness signatures at bottom.

FISHING ROD AND REEL.George H. Newell · April 18, 1893

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