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FARMERS' REGISTER. 



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progress forward by a pall falling into a rack. The 

 precise way in which this is efliicteJ is not clearly 

 shown, and, indeed, there is considerable obscuri- 

 ty in the description of the machine in general, so 

 that a workman could not undertake to make it 

 from the intijrmation furnished. The claims would 

 not serve to convey any definite idea of the things 

 which are the subjects of them. 



For an improvement on Tab Water Wheels; 

 Edward Newnam, Hendricks county, Indiana, 

 November 26. 



This is a poor contrivance, poorly described, and 

 as poorly represented. The design, however, ap- 

 pears to be to double the power of the water, by 

 letting it on at opposite sides of the wheel. The 

 affair is without a claim, and is not worth one. 



For Hulling and Cleaning Cotton, and other, 

 Seeds; John Ambler, Jr., city of Philadelphia, 

 November 26. (See Specification.) 



For an improvement in the Hydrant: Sater F. 

 Walker, city of Baltimore, November 26. 



Tlie claim under this patent is to "the mode de- 

 scribed of constructing and using the ascending 

 tube, so as to discharge the waste water at jjlea- 

 sure, either above or below the surlace of the 

 ground; the mode of preserving the distance between 

 the valve seat and screwed nut at the top; and the 

 making a waste cock of metal with a wooden key, 

 and leather interposed." It would require con- 

 siderable space to explain the arrangements refer 

 red to, and as we understand that Mr. Walker is 

 about to apply for a new patent for certain modifi- 

 cations of this apparatus, we shall wail until these 

 come under our notice. 



For an improvement in Grist Mills; Samuel 

 Hyde, iVIalone, Franklin county, New York, No- 

 vember 30. 



This appears to be intended for a portable mill, 

 although no dimensions are given. Both stones 

 are to revolve in the same direction, the lower with 

 a slow, the upper with a rapid motion. The low- 

 er stone is fixed upon a hollow shaft, and the up- 

 per upon a spindle which passes through it. The 

 shaft of the lower stone runs upon "bead rollenj," 

 that is, upon round balls retained in a groove. 

 The gearing we shall not attempt to describe, as 

 this might be varied by any competent workman. 

 The running both stones in the same direction, 

 with different velocities, is claimed, and for aught 

 we know, this claim may be sustained; but we 

 are uninformed respecting, and cannot perceive, 

 any advantage which can result from this con- 

 struction, whilst it is open to the objection of com- 

 plexity. The "bead rollers," at the bottom of the 

 exterior shaft, are claimed, but they ha\e repeat- 

 edly been applied to shafts, although soon aban- 

 doned, as they are theoretically and practically 

 bad. 



For an instrument for Cutting Wood; John 

 Ruthven, city of New York. An alien, who has 

 declared his intention to become a citizen; Novem- 

 ber 30. 



This instrument is to be used as a substitute for 

 mill, cross-cut, circular, and other saws. The 

 cutting part consists of two steel edges, which are 

 to operate like a paring chisel, taking ofl[' a narrow 



shaving, instead of tearing the wood by numerous 

 points. A mortise is to be made on the edge of a 

 blade, such a blade, for example, as would be fixed 

 in a frame, in the place of a mill saw; and in this 

 the cutlers are to be secured, one edge pointed in 

 either direclion, so that the cutting may be effect- 

 ed both by the up and <lown strokes, the feed of 

 the log, in this case taking place at the termination 

 of each stroke. In the circular saw, the cutters 

 will, of couse, all stand in the same direction, and 

 the feed, we suppose, will be continuous. 



When used for cross cutting, there are to be ad- 

 ditional lateral cutters, to cut across the grain, like 

 the fore iron in a cut-and-thrust, or a plane for cut- 

 ting grooves across boards. 



The claim made is to "the instruments de- 

 scribed, and the method of cutting wood by 

 them." 



We very much doubt the general applicability 

 of this method of cutting wood, instead of sawing 

 it; a good mill saw may be fed half an inch at 

 each stroke, whilst cutters, such as those de- 

 scribed, cannot be allowed to cut more than an 

 eighth of an incli, making a quarter in tlie double 

 stroke. Tliere will be a difTicult}', also, in holding 

 down the log in the up stroke, and the stuff will 

 spole when the cutters arrive at the edges of the 

 boards. The kerf, also, we apprehend, must be 

 made thicker than with a good saw. The cross 

 cutting appears to present other objections, which, 

 with those already enumerated, we shall be glad 

 to hear have been practically dissipated. 



For ?i Kiln for Drying Grain; Thomas Crook, 

 New Hope, Bucks counlv, Pennsylvania, Novem- 

 ber 30. 



This patent is taken lor an improvement upon 

 a kiln for the same purpose, patented by Benja- 

 min Parry, in the year 1810. In this kiln, it ap- 

 pears that the grain was fed into an inclined pan, 

 contained in a chamber healed by a furnace and 

 flues, the pan being agitated by a roller to cause 

 the grain to descend regularly along it. The pre- 

 sent patentee uses two pans, one above the other, 

 and inclined in reverse directions, the grain falling 

 fiom the first into the second; he suspends his 

 pans by chains, and agitates them by a roller in a 

 more convenient manner than heretofore. The 

 claims made are to "the manner of arranging a 

 second pan under the first, for the purpose de- 

 scribed. The manner of strengthening the pans, 

 as above, and the method of supporting them at 

 the outside, by swing chains, instead of a roller." 



For a Machine for Cutting Straw; John Wirt, 

 Evansham, Wythe county, Virginia, November 

 30. 



The whole of this apparatus is confessedly old, 

 with the exception of "a cog wheel on the shaft of 

 the cutting and fly wheel, working in the teeth of 

 ; the crown wheel, on the end of the lower feeding 

 roller, for feeding the machine." Tlie same pur- 

 pose has been effected by similar means, and that 

 forty years since. 



OIV THE ECHELON CULTIVATOR AKD EXPAND- 

 ING HARROW. 



To llie Editor of the Farmers' Register. 



Jfpril 22d, 1836. 



I now send you the long promised drawings of 

 my Expanding Harrow and Echelon Cultivator. 



