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Driving-wheel

Patent drawing of a multiplying fishing reel showing an end view with crank handle, an exploded gear-train side view labeled with letters A through M, a perspective view of the frame without spool, and a separate figure-eight shaped retaining plate.

FISHING-LINE REELWilliam B. Carpenter · August 16, 1887

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