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MONTHLY JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURE. 



SPECIFICATION OF HOLCOMB'S HEMP-BRAKE. 



To all tn whom these presents shall come : I chine for brealiing and cleaning hemp at one 



Be it known, that I, F. P. Hoi.comb, of the I and the Fame operation; and that the following 



town and county of Newcastle, and State of is a full, clear and exact description of the prin- 



Delaware, have invented a new and useful ma- | oiple or character which distinguishes it from 



PERSPECTIVE VIEW OF F. P. HOLCOMB'S HEMP AND FLAX GIN. 



all Other things before known, and of the man- | figure 1 is a perspective view, and figure 2 a 

 ner of making, constructing and using the same, | vertical section of the machine. The same let- 

 reference being had to the accompanying draw- I ters indicate like parts in all the figures. 

 in"B making part of this specification, in which ] In machinery heretofore employed for break- 



.SECTIONAL VIEW OF F. P. HOLCOMB'S HEMP AND FLA.X GIN. 



ing and cleaning hemp, &c. at one operation, by 

 revolving breaks, the hemp has been acted on 

 during a'large portion of the circle of revolution, 

 the henip being broken by passing it between 

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a pair of rollers or revolving breaks and scutch- 

 ers, that mesh into each other, and break the 

 I hemp by bonding it short between them. This 

 I method is highly objectionable, iu co»sequence 



