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  AGRICULTURE. 
  

  

  was 
  identified 
  as 
  the 
  original 
  gin 
  stand 
  of 
  Whitney 
  by 
  

   the 
  oath 
  of 
  one 
  of 
  his 
  early 
  workmen. 
  

  

  The 
  model 
  shows 
  the 
  progress 
  of 
  the 
  invention 
  as 
  

   elaborated 
  in 
  the 
  ingenious 
  mind 
  of 
  its 
  author; 
  and 
  his 
  

   first 
  idea 
  seems 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  that 
  of 
  carding 
  the 
  lint 
  or 
  

   fibre 
  from 
  the 
  seed, 
  rather 
  than 
  that 
  suggested 
  by 
  the 
  

   use 
  of 
  the 
  saw. 
  

  

  The 
  cylinder 
  in 
  the 
  model 
  is 
  divided 
  into 
  three 
  parts; 
  

   one-third 
  of 
  it 
  at 
  the 
  left 
  end 
  is 
  armed 
  with 
  stout 
  crooked 
  

   wires 
  driven 
  in, 
  flattened 
  at 
  the 
  sides, 
  and 
  the 
  ends 
  

   brought 
  to 
  an 
  edge, 
  as 
  shown 
  in 
  Plate 
  VII. 
  Fig. 
  4. 
  (The 
  

   middle 
  third 
  of 
  the 
  cylinder 
  is 
  provided 
  with 
  a 
  similar 
  

   arrangement 
  of 
  wires, 
  not 
  flattened 
  as 
  in 
  the 
  first, 
  but 
  

   pointed, 
  as 
  in 
  Fig. 
  5.) 
  And 
  the 
  remainder 
  of 
  the 
  cylinder 
  

   is 
  mounted 
  with 
  the 
  circular 
  saw 
  rags, 
  similar 
  to 
  those 
  

   now 
  in 
  use. 
  

  

  Figure 
  3, 
  of 
  Plate 
  VII. 
  exhibits 
  an 
  end 
  view 
  of 
  the 
  

   stand, 
  showing 
  the 
  position 
  of 
  the 
  cylinder 
  and 
  brush, 
  

   or 
  dearer, 
  as 
  it 
  was 
  then 
  termed 
  in 
  the 
  specification 
  of 
  

   the 
  patent, 
  for 
  which 
  the 
  reader 
  is 
  referred 
  to 
  Appendix 
  

   G. 
  

  

  The 
  gin 
  stand 
  made 
  for 
  South 
  Carolina 
  in 
  1807, 
  con- 
  

   sists 
  of 
  a 
  frame 
  supporting 
  an 
  iron 
  form, 
  upon 
  which 
  the 
  

   saw 
  cylinder 
  and 
  brush 
  are 
  hung. 
  

  

  An 
  end 
  view 
  of 
  the 
  machine 
  shows 
  the 
  mode 
  of 
  boxing 
  

   the 
  journals 
  and 
  retaining 
  them 
  in 
  place. 
  The 
  seed- 
  

   board 
  of 
  the 
  hopper 
  is 
  connected 
  with 
  the 
  upper 
  part 
  by 
  

   hinges, 
  and 
  may 
  be 
  placed 
  at 
  any 
  required 
  distance 
  from 
  

   the 
  saws. 
  The 
  back 
  of 
  the 
  hopper 
  descends 
  nearly 
  to 
  

   the 
  saws 
  just 
  behind 
  the 
  grating, 
  and 
  the 
  rear 
  branch 
  of 
  

   the 
  grating 
  makes 
  the 
  bottom 
  of 
  the 
  moting 
  trough 
  ; 
  it 
  

   also 
  contains 
  a 
  movable 
  false 
  bottom 
  of 
  tin, 
  which 
  catches 
  

   the 
  motes. 
  

  

  The 
  cylinder 
  contains 
  forty 
  saws, 
  six 
  and 
  three-fourth 
  

  

  