1836.] 



FARMERS' REGISTER. 



477 



Jisher that they are Jj'ing dead in the oflice. Sucli 

 bein^ the facts in the case, it is a query wiiether 

 puhHsiiers of periodicals are liiilhlul to the govern- 

 ment and the laws, when they allow so many 

 fi-auds to be practised on them witliout notice. 

 Can there not be some mutual lindersianding on 

 this subject ? 



The Ibllowinfj is extracted li-om the " Instruc- 

 tions to Post Masters.'' — "In every instance in 

 which newspapers, that come to )'our olHce, are 

 not taken out by the person to whom they are 

 sent, you will give imniediale notice to the pub- 

 lisher, adding the reason, if known, why the pa- 

 per is not taken out." 



Extracts from the Journal of the Franklin Institute. 



LIST or PATIENTS ISSUKD ITS FEBRUARY, 1836. 

 FOR IIMPROVEMENTS OF BIACHINES, &C. TO 

 BE USED IN AGRICULTURE, OR DOMESTIC 

 ECONOMY. 



TVith remarks, by the Editor of the Journal of the 

 Franklin Institute. 



For a Machine for hulling Clover Seed; John 

 B. and William F. Poague, Lexington, Rock- 

 bridge county, Vir^'inia, Febraary 17. 



A conical stone is to revolve in a corresponding 

 hollow cone of the same material. The mode of 

 fixing, driving, &c., are all quite antique ; and the 

 claim is to the " belbre described machine;" 

 which claim may be perlectly correct, if by the "be- 

 lbre described machine," we are to understand a 

 machine which has been repeatedly before de- 

 Bcribed. 



For an improvement in the 3Iamifacture of 

 Starch; Walter and Thomas Lcveredge, Dor- 

 chester, Norlblk county, Massachusetts, Febru- 

 ary 17. 



" We claim a patent for manufacturing starch 

 from rice, or for the application of rice as a sub- 

 stitute for Other substances heretofore used in the 

 manufacture of starch." W^hether so broad a| 

 claim as this can be sustained, is a very doubtful 

 point. Rice is the principal food ol a large por- 

 tion of the human race, and is, by millions, eaten 

 to the exclusion of nearly every thing else, and 

 that among a people who use starch largely in 

 their manulacturies ; we have not at hand, or in 

 memory, any direct inlbrmation on the subject, but 

 the probabilities are much against the absolute 

 novelty of the manufacture. 



Tiie process followed by the patentees, but not 

 claimed, is the fbllowing: fifty pounds chloride of 

 lime are dissolved in one Imndred gallons of wa- 

 ter, and to the liquid when drawn off clear, eight 

 pounds of sulphuric acid are added. Upon any 

 quantity of rice as much of tliis liquor is to be 

 poured as will just cover it, and it is to remain, 

 with occasional stirring, tor forty-eight hours. 

 The liquid is then to be drawn off, and the rice 

 ground^ with water, to about the consistence of 

 cream. To every one hundred gallons of this li- 

 quid, as much water is to be added, after which it 

 is to be strained through a bolting cloth, to be al- 

 lowed to settle for twenty-four hours, the clear li- 

 quid drawn off, and the starch dried. 

 _ We do not understand the chemistry of this pro- 



ceeding, the first step of which is to make, and to 

 destroy, a solution of chloride of lime. 



For a Machine for Sawing Staves; Aaron 

 Bard and Simeon Ileywood, Lunenburg, Wor- 

 cester county, JMassachusetts. First patented July 

 Sth, 1834. Patent surrendered, and rc-issucd 

 February 20. 



\v"c noticed this pa.tent at page 93, Vol. xv, and 

 mentioned the existence of a previous one fbrthc 

 same thing. The patent has been surrendered 

 for the purpose of claiming those particular things 

 in which the present patentees view their im- 

 provements as consisting; namely, "the manner 

 of running the saw on liiction wheels, lapped by 

 each other; also the flanch, or ffanches, to keep 

 the saw from running off its bearings ; also tlie 

 slide boxes for the axles of the friction wheels to 

 run in and set them to tlie saw." 



The saw is a complete hoop, whicli vvas inclu- 

 ded in the patent of Sumner King, noticed in Vol. 

 xiii, page 121, and believed to be new ; if tliis 

 opinion was correct, it is presumed that the pre- 

 sent patentees have acquired a right to it, without 

 which their improvements would be of no value. 



For a Machine for Thrashing out Clover, and 

 other small seeds ; James Cooper, Greene county, 

 Ohio, February 20. 



A cylinder is to be made of wood, armed with 

 stri|)s of iron, which are to rub the seeds against a 

 concave placed under it ; the consave is to consist 

 of straw, broom-corn, or other fibrous substances 

 placed endwise in a box, and compressed firmly 

 together, the surface of which must, of course, be 

 cut into such a form as will adapt it to the cyhn- 

 der. The claim is to " the mode described of ma- 

 king the concave, or bed, of straw, broom-corn, 

 split wood, bristles, split whale bone, or of other 

 similar materials ; also the mode of ironing the 

 cylinder." 



For a Winnowing Machine ; David Wilson, 

 Johnson, Franklin county, Vermont, Februa- 

 ry 20. 



This is denominated a horizontal winnowing 

 machine, and it receives this name, we suppose, 

 from the fan being made to revolve horizontally, 

 to do which, its shaft is acted on by bevel gear. 

 This appears to be the only thing about it which 

 stands a chance of being called new, and even 

 this, it seems, was, correctly, accounted unworthy 

 a claim, which extends onl}' to "the arrangement 

 and adaptation of the several parts of the before 

 described horizontal winnowing machine." 



For Sawing by Lever Poiver ; Jeremiah Walk- 

 er, Philips, Somerset county, Maine, February 25. 



A pulley on a double crank shaft is connected 

 by a strap or band to another carrying a circular 

 saw. The two cranks on the first shaft are in 

 opposite directions, and each of them is connected 

 by a pitman to a horizontal lever under the frame 

 work, so that these levers may work up and down 

 like treadles : one of these levers is made long, 

 and is to be worked up and down by hand, the 

 other is short, and is loaded with a weight at its 

 vibrating end ; as the long lever is forced down 

 the weight is raised, and as the long lever is rais- 

 ed, the other, with its weight, descends. This 

 constitutes the whole afliiir, and he who does not 



