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FOR REPAIRING THE HOSE.

Should a Rivet fail when the Hose is in service, a string lashed tight round the place will prevent its leaking. To
replace it, the repairing Anvil is attached to a wooden Rod of sufficient length to reach the place. The Rivet is
then put between the prongs on the face of the Anvil, and conveyed, in this way, to the hole where it is to be
inserted. When the Rivet is brought into its birth, a burr is placed upon its projecting end and partially driven by
the application of the hollow end of the Compressor, so as to hold the Rivet in its place, while it is disengaged
from the Spring. A fair bearing on the Anvil being now given to the Rivet, the Burr is forcibly driven down, and
being there firmly held by the flat end of the Compressor, is secured by spreading, with a hammer, the projecting
part of the Rivet.

Should it be necessary on any occasion to remove any of the rivets, it may be readily done, by severing the
projecting ends of the rivets with a pair of strong cutting Nippers, or a Cutler's Saw.

SELLERS & PENNOCK,

Patentees and Manufacturers of Rivetted Hose, philadelphia.