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Gear-wheel train

Patent drawing showing a cutaway side view of a fishing reel with crank handle and internal gears (Fig. 1), and a front view of the reel's back plate exposing a set of interlocking gear wheels labeled H, I, J, K (Fig. 2).

IMPROVEMENT IN FISHING-REELSCharles W. MacCord · February 10, 1874

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