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cxacl, for there it is the whole force of the Prefs 



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The quoins two feet long, about nine or ten inches 



broad, and fix or feven thick. 



The frame, in the framed Prefs, ten feet long or 



deep, and four feet nine inches fquare, with tour 



fronts. 



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The nave eight feet and a half long, about five inches 

 thick one way, and fix the other. 

 All thefe timbers fiiould be Oak, except the fcrew, 

 which Ihould be Elm, wliich will lail longer, and the 

 fpindle ftiould be of Walnut. One may make the molt 

 part of thefe timbers longer or fhorterj according ta 

 the fize of the wood made ufe of. - 





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This fort of Prefs is much lefs chargeable tlian the 

 others, and it alfo prefles a much lefs quantity of 



• Wine, but it is heverthelefs of gt^eat ufe for private 

 perfons, who have no greaf vintage,' \fhe^e this will 

 be fufficlent, for it will make eight ot ten pieces of 



-Wine at eachtunning. ,' * ' 



'The conftruftio'iiof this flight Prefs is much the fame 



' with that of the othef:.Prefi:es, bdt f Ihall explain 



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; wherem they differ. r^vgf^^;-^^^,v.:V:^%^ 



^' The pii: which is made In the eaftTi^ ought to be four 

 feet deep, fourteen broad, 'dnd eightedh lorig, more, 

 or kfs, according to the fize of the intended Prefs. 



- They make three little wall's of free-ftone crofs the 

 \^ Prefs, which occupres the bottom of the fquare of 

 " 'tlie bafon'; they rn^ke the walls in^ the naiddle two 

 ;'• feet, arid^thofe on the fides^ tw6 and a half thick;" An 

 ^ opening "muft be left in the middle of eacK" of the 

 ::f fide walls, about tN\^ntf inched fquare, to place the 

 ^Wo cheeks one oppofite to' the^other Qft^ach fide of 



- the bafon, which fliould inciine an . inch atM ^ half 

 :i^., towards the bafon ; thefe muft be .fquared and planed 



'^"cn three fides, from the top of , the ftillin^gs, but the 

 /:5 lop fhbuia rerhain rough: :I^it}ielefide^,:Whic^ are 



■f towards the bafdh, th^t make a .notcti at the height 

 r'bf two feet and Ihalf from thcf bafon,. three mches 

 ■i^: Broad, four inches deep,'"arjd twx^fethigKinaTcerid- 



them, and fupported upon the ke};s, which croTs the 



- cheeks, by nails,' and muffi be riayed behind the 



■ " cheeks with a key i alfo in" frbht with four iron bats, 



making a fquare of a foot and a half, bored at the 



four corners with pins and nails four or five inches 



:'" long towards the fere w-tap. ' Upon the Ipindle th'ey 



^ lay planks of the fame length, which they crofs in 



■-- fuch a mann<^;''tKat' tlierr ends" are turned towards the 

 U\^- front of the Prefs ; upon thefe planks they lay two 

 ;;>- vcfofs pietes of the fame length as tTic fpincile, which 



"^^ embrace the top of the cheeks tinder theii^ heads y tht 



-.Jil^^ tK^m in at ^nrlr pnrl in frrVnf: V^Tifrc* tn'pv flrp inir 





let them 

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Nr' nailed together, 'and they mufl: piit'fouf cfdfs tlmbt^^^ 

 ■ :<? which ,fhould take KoMof the head' of the'SeVms, and 

 t reach half the length of the head pieces, for ^ fup- 



t-> port to each, ^^--v ^ '^ ^ :.V/-.; : /-^^^^.vV 

 fi^They^afterwafJs make a fcrew with the fame^jhftru- 



^^ inent as that of the othei"' Prefs, with a! fquMf^'i^'bot- 



i • tpmj tojoin It to a wheel; which ihould be; laid hon- 



-;^zon\^s^ly well corifolidated with tT?e fc'rhv, 'Adjoined 



® with ribs and'fpokes a fd8t wide croCfV^ite i ilifcfe 



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-^^^ fpokesough'ttopfoje'ft out of the fib's tTi'reebf four 

 ' inches of half their width:' toVeltble to co^ntdiri ihe 





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*j Embrace the cheeks,'. and arc joined to therp b;^ fquare 



- - fupportfers ind dove-tails.^ 'In^'cfofiirig the piles and 



' -; thefalfe ftillings, they put^the four fl:illings in notches 



'•^-as in the either PreflTes'; thofe of the middle embrace 



' '" the cheeks, and are' ioiiied to them as the piles are, 



' ~ and Ihould extend beyond the piles, which are be- 



- hind the cheeks eight or nine inches. The top oFtke 



fi:iUings ought to be nokned ah inch and a half; fit to 



receive the piles to keep the whole together ; then 



they put upon thefe the pieces of maye^ wTiich tliey 



clole, as hath been already faid, and the bafori is the 



fame with the other Prefles., ■ ' -' '~': "- 



ofthe Ipace T^etween the cheeks, 'and elghMncnes 

 -'thick or morr,^to make a fort of tenorr at eatl* end. 



.<-V' which goes into th' 

 fftiould be fuftain" 



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the end 





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pTay^wlth tlie key v^^hich Hbiy^ it at the otner cHd ot 



the fcrew. 



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The ipindle of the fcrew ought to be leven or eight 

 inches longer trian the back of the cheeks, and em- 

 brace thein in their thickcft parts j this is placed upon 



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the hand, before they take -hold of the rope, which 



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