Smithsonian Report, 1937. — Lewton 



PLATE 1 



COTTON GVXS 



A SHORT DESCRIPTION OF THE MACHINK INVENTED nv El. I W'hITNEV, FOR GlNMNC CoTTOK 

 POLITELY SENT TO us, FROM THE U.MTED StATEs' PatE.ST OfFKE, B V Wm. TllORNlON EsQ 



The principal parts of this machine, are, 1st, 

 the frame; 2cl.the cylinder ; 3d, the breastwork ; 

 "♦th, the clearer; and 5th, the hopper. 



parallclogramic form, and proportioned to the 

 other parts, as may be most convenient. 



2d. (B.) Tlie cylinder is of wood, its form is 



^st. (A.) The frame by which the whole work 'perfectly described by its name, and its dimen- 

 IS supported and kept together, is of a square or sions may be from six to nine inches diameter, 



Photograph of part of Page 380, American Farmer. February 21 



Vol. 4, No. 48. 



1823, 



