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Patent drawing showing five figures of a music box stop-motion mechanism with gear wheels, vertical shafts, a stop-lever, brake springs, and adjusting plates labeled with letters A through P.

STOP-MOTION FOR MUSIC-BOXES.Gustave J. Jaccard · January 1, 1889

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