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Account of a new Pwnmice Press, with some remarks 

 upon Cyder making. By Timothy Matlack, of Lan- 

 caster. 



Read March 10th, 1807. 



Lancaster, February 1th, 1807» 

 Sir, 



Colonel Johnston of your city paid me a visit, and I 

 shewed him, as I had done some others, a pummice 

 press that I had made for my o\mi use ; intended princi- 

 pally for making of wines from currants, black berries, 

 grapes and other small fruits ; but as I w ished to make 

 wine from quinces which is beyond question, little if any 

 inferior to that of the best grape, and also, expecting 

 to make some perry, it seemed best to extend its size, 

 to those objects, espiecially as the encreased expence 

 would be very small. I therefore fitted it to those ob- 

 jects, and as it now appears, to that of cyder making, 

 in a way far indeed beyond my first intention. On 

 viewing it, Colonel Johnston suggested the idea of send- 

 ing a sketch of it to you, assuring me that it would not 

 fail of a favourable reception; and I now enclose a side 

 view of it, that will shew the principle on which it is 

 constructed; and I trust, demonstrate that it is capable 

 of an almost incredible force, within a small space, by 

 very simple means, and at a \&cy small expence ; and also 

 that it can be used with the greatest facility,' and when 

 done with for the season, can be laid securely by, with- 

 out occupying much house room. 



Several persons who have seen the press have expres- 

 sed their idea, from the smallness of the crib; that it was 



