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Patent drawing sheet showing eight numbered figures of a geared fishing reel, including side and sectional views revealing internal gear wheels, a clutch pinion, a brake lever with shoe, a screw-spindle level-wind guide, and a small pinion detail, with inventor's signature and witness signatures at bottom.

FISHING-REEL.George O. Brosnaham, Jr. · December 6, 1898

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