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into which they put . divers pegs, that they may be j 

 able, with five or fix men, to give it the neceflary * 



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Laftly : There fhould be pUcgd, at five feet from'the 

 bottom of the baion, two great beams^ which mufl: 

 afs between .the true and the falfe beams ; thefe mud 



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e bothfquared or pared away ^aj; the great end, on 

 both fides where the beams touch, where they let 

 them into a. notch, to prevent their coming oiit ; and 

 at the back part they put a key, to fecure them from' 

 being difplaced (for they cannot put them into it;) 

 but neve^helefs, Jn fuch a manner, that they may 

 play between the beams, without changing their po- 

 lition; thefe beams fhould be well fitted to their bed, 

 and joined with keys, that they cannot part from 

 each other; for tliey Ihould open infenfibly from the 

 'falfe beams, where they ought alfo to feparate to the 

 right of the fcrew, to give pb.ce fpr_it._; Upon_^the 

 end of thefe beams muft be joined the nut of the Prefs 

 with moveable keys, that by this means "it may be 

 raifed or lowered, fo that the beams miiy rife andfa!! 

 as a kind of fwing,- which has the keys for its center, 

 which are the falfe beams, where the ^rcat beams reft. 



T 1 he main beams from thirty-two to thirty-five flct 



,bng,andonewith^anQrhcV; from t'w6 feet and a'halt . 



to three feet thick. 1 \^.r ^ ' - ■ - ■ ^ ''^^':^ V-V' ' 



.; The cheeks or fide beams tw;:nty-eight feet long, ubout '.■ ■ 



two fcet_ thick at the bottom, and eighteen inches at ^ 



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1 he piles twelve feet long, an3' twelve or thirteen. 



; inches thick. It mull be pbierved to make thefe with'. ■ 

 ; counter dove-taiU to" thofeof the cheeks; the firft is 



, placed at fifteen inches from the.'bottom of the cheeks-, 



•''one ought to put three from the top, to that which Is 

 Im the ground, and' the latter fiiould be even with the" 

 : top of the falfe ftiller/\..;. ■;,;, iS-;;. -.*:;; ." _ .; 



.Upon the piles of the cheeks^ and upon thofeof 

 the blocks, are placed braces oF wood nine feet long, ' 

 > and about nine or ten inches thick, to bind them to-^* 



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and the bag which is upon the baion.^ When they 

 prefs, before the prefllnan 'raifes the beam, by means 

 of the fcrew, they lower it on the fide> of the*falfe 

 beams a little, that they may force the quoins be- 

 Vffctn the beam's and the fpurs, which is upbV^e 

 falfe beams, then they lower it , widi the fame Tcrew 

 from the fide of the falfe beams. After they hav(j 

 nioulded the Grapes with the free poles, the planks, 

 and the nave, by the help of the wh.eel which moves 

 the fcrew, they prefs the bag ftrongly/fv t'^/;:^ ->:... ^ 

 Thefe beann[s fhould be two feet and a half thick, and 

 if that is not big enough, they put two uppn each 

 other, and fometimes 'three, if it be neceflary ;' thefe 

 ; they join together with nails indifferent; places, both 

 /on tne bed, and m the front, that they may work 

 together, asif there were But two V and they raife at 

 the end of the Prefs, on the fide of the falfe beams, a 



lma!l hangins fcafiold or ^'^^'^ ■''^ "" n--:u„ .l^ 



quoins. 



The ftillersfix feet long, and about fifteen or lixteen 

 inches fquare. 



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. The ground plate eighteen feet long,' about' eighteen ' '" 



/inches broad, and fifteen inches thick. ■-■ •-vi^'i^v.-'s- - '• - -^ ' 

 ;: The fahe beams fourteen of fifteen feet long, 'atouc . '■ ^■ 



v thirteen or fpurteen inches broad, ■ nine incliL'S thick '. ■' ; "- ■ . 



/^at the bottpm, and fix at the top; thefe ought to be '..- * " 

 " planed to the 'ffze/ of the keys, to fupport the, n-iain - 



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The crofs piece of the faile beams fix feet Icng, four' 



vinrhes broad, and nine or ten' thick. -V*^;-' .°^.x,v. ,. 



■/The keys of the beams, to the dircdtion of the worm, 



>five feet and a half long, eight' Inches thick towards' 



y ^ the head, but reduced to haU; the fize in the remaining 



.V The pegs of the keys 'fourteen inches long, about five 

 ,jbroad,_ and^at ieailq^^ a half thick. ;-, . . - //, ^ 



. The tvvo'crofs* timbers of the falfebeams about eight 



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ftepsto go up to ftrike the J v breadth of the falfe beams.':.. ...> - .; :' - Z'l 



■ ' ^--- - -:-* ;r:r-: ^'fef\''^^ t^o other crofs tTmbcrs'of the falfe beams nine 



• -;'-.:! V : r-i feet lone, and about eic?ht inches thiok. 'v 



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". This fort of Prefs is made like tTie other, except that 



• inftead pf blocks, they ufe a frame. They make a 



great pit in the earth twelve feet deep, and nine feet 



diameter ; and, to fupport the earth, they build a 



/wall of ftone all round it, in the form djf a /Well, 



l_ which ought to be feven feet diameter, that they may 



. place in this fpace a frame of wood worlc of*a fquare 



figure, joined together with polls, joifls, ground-' 



.plates, and rafters, like a St. Andrew's crofs. In this 



frame they put a folid ftone of about three thoufand 



weight i then they join the fcrew to the center of the' 



^ frame, that they may be turned together, and fo keep 



, " the beams upon the ftock of the wheel, to prefs the 



.' Grapes, in fuch a manner as if one man was fufg^qd-^ 



ed at orie end of a pole, which is made faft at the 



; other, and in the middle there is fomething to pfels.' 



' At about two or three feet from the ground is a wheel, 



by means of which, and the weight of the frame, 



/they make the fcrew defcend, which lowers the beam. 



1 The frame fhould be ten feet hiffh, and four feet nine 



inches fquare on each front. Great care fhould be 



taken of the block Prefixes not to fcrew them too hard, 



left it break the beams, and Iplitthem to pieces, no- 



', tiling being of greater force than a fcrew. ;.. You muft 



■ hot fail to make the dove-tails very exad:, but above 



' all, the fcrew and the nut fhould be made artificially 



to their work. ^...O v-,«-'^wtu*, ..-=r. .ft ^. > \^'-u 



Thefe great Preifes make, at one vat or flpwage, 



from twenty to twenty-five pieces of Wine..,,; One 



may make it lefs by a fourth part, and it will prefs as 



'well, when there are not above ten or fifteen pieces 



of wine. In this cafe the pieces fhould be propor- 



tionably diminifticd in the bignefs from what has been 



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I ,,. The pofts 

 : thick. 



fix feet long, and about eic-ht or nine inches 



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■I The pieces of maye, which are at the bafon, twelve- 

 . feet long, about nine or t^n inches broad, and fix 



, The great crofs timbers, put as 'a band between ^iC 

 lalle beams, iixor levcn inches thick. 



v. The two blocks fourteen feet long eachV about fix- 

 ^ - inches thick ac the head, and twelve at the 





teen 

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The fcrew fifteen inches at the bottom before ic is 

 ■i, iquared, thirteen inches, according to the foot of the 

 "il fcrew which, forms the fpiral line, and twelve feet 



long. 



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V The wheel ten feet diameter, with fpokes of tour 



^ "; inches,,thicki]efs, the feme^as ^>he 'ribsripon which" 



'i; arc wooden pegs for four or five inches hish, and one- 



^ diameter, admitting eight or nine men in the circum- 



v: Wee of the wheel :^ ;...;:. : i/; .^^.^ ^^ , \ ;,;:; 



^ Ihe nut or the Preis fix feet long, two feet broad, 



V', and fourteen inches thick, which oughtTo becieiied 



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^, The crois piece or the cheeks five feet long, about a 



I foot thick, and of the fame breadth as the top'of tTic 



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. The fpurs, which are placed under the fpindle, be- 

 .tween the two cheeks,^ fhould be of the fame breadth 



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as the cheeks, and thirteen or fourteen inches thick, 

 .The girders, which ought to embrace ^tfietop of the 

 cheeks, muft be two inches hicrher than the under 

 part of the fpurs, one foot broad, and about five 



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The fpindle two feet high, and twelve or four- 

 teen inches thick ; this is placed between the fpurs 

 and the crofs piece, and crofl^es the cheeks and the 

 .. Ipindle with a key, which ought to be worked very 



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