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Following \textit{W. Blaschke} [`Analytische Geometrie', 2. Aufl. (Birkhäuser, Basel etc.) (1954; Zbl 0057.12705)], the first part of the paper introduces the representation of directed lines in \(\mathbb{E}^3\) using dual vectors. In the second part formulas and geometric interpretations of linear dependencies among two resp. three dual vectors are given. Then the principle of transference (Study-Kotelnikov-principle) is recalled and used to proof the well-known Hjelmslev-Morley theorem very elegantly by replacing the vectors pointing to the vertices of a spherical triangle by dual vectors. This transformation replaces the spherical triangle by a spatial triangle. In the main part of the paper this principle of transference is used to extend two spherical mechanisms (planar versions due to Dixon [see also \textit{W. Wunderlich}, Nederl. Akad. Wet., Proc., Ser. A 79, 257-262 (1976; Zbl 0336.70002)]) to spatial mechanisms. It is shown that both resulting mechanisms have mobility two. For the entire collection see [Zbl 0867.00024].