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APPENDIX to VOL. lil. 



Description ^^? Machine 

 to Slice T u R N E P s, for feeding Neat 

 Cattky ^c. 



Invented by C u t h e e r t Clarke, of 

 Belford^ Northumberhnd. 



PLATE XII. 



FIGURE I. is the perfpe^live of the whole 

 machine, which is about four feet fix inches 

 high, two feet fix inches long, and two feet v/ide out- 

 fide meafuie ; it is made of common deal, three quar- 

 ters of an inch thick, and its four pofts are of oak, 

 about four inches fquare; the iztx.^ handles fiiding 

 frame, crofs bars, C5V. are ah'o of oak : The whole 

 machine can be afforded complete for ll. is. which 

 will, with two men, flice three tons of turncps, into 

 ilices of three quarters of an inch thick, in one hour: 

 It is ajfo portable, and may, by the two men who 

 work it, be moved from one houfe or field to another, 

 borne by two liandles like a fedan chair. A. A. the 

 hopper, or trunk of the machine, which is angular 

 within, fiiited to the angle the knife, when placed in 

 it's frame, n^:- 2. d. A. d. makes with the fides 

 thereof. B. B. B. B. the frame which Aides to and 

 fro upon two rollers, D. D. which greatly abate the 

 friction. E. E. two firong leather ft.'-ops, which ftcp 

 the fiider at each end alternately ; one end of each of 

 tKofe llrops is faftencd to the crofs bars, F. F. and 

 the other ends to the rounds, B. B. B. B. Fig. 2. irt 

 the notches, C. C. with a buckle, and may be taken 

 up or let out occafionally. C. C. in fig. i. are the 

 two handles for carrying it by from place to place. 

 G. G. Feet morticed upon the fcur pofts, which fe- 



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