358 Of the meat-Drill Chap. XXL 



Plough, and fore Hopper; as is feen in Fig. 15. which 

 is the whole Hopper in Two Parts. In this Fig. 12, 

 A is the Infide of one End of the Hopper, made with 

 feveral Pieces of half-inch Elm-board nail'd on to 

 the Pod c a, on the fore Side j which Poft is a little 

 more than half an Inch fquare, and Seventeen Inches 

 and Three quarters long, being the Depth of that 

 Part of the Hopper which holds the Seed. B is the 

 fore Side of this Hopper ; which muft be nail'd on 

 to the faid Poft, being of the fame Length with it, 

 and Four Inches broad, and half an Inch thick-, and 

 this is the Part which on its Outfide goes againft the 

 right-hand Standard of the Plough, when it is at 

 Work. The other Poft b d> of the fame Thicknefs 

 \vith the former, is nail'd in within half an Inch of 

 the oppofite Edge of this End ; to which Poft alfo 

 C being nail'd, makes the hinder Side of this Part 

 of the Hopper. C is Four Inches broad, and half an 

 Inch thick ; and both it, and the Poft to which it is to 

 be nail'd, are fomething longer than its oppofite Side, 

 becaufe the Side B makes right Angles with the Top 

 and Bottom of the Hopper; but the hinder Side C 

 makes oblique Angles with the Top and Bottom of 

 the Hopper ; and the Reafon of this is, becaufe when 

 the Hopper is full of Seed,* it may be equally pois'd 

 on the Spindle; which it could not be without this 

 Bevel, unlefs the Bottom of the Hopper did come as 

 much behind the Spindle as before it ; and that would 

 hinder the Perfon that follows the Drill, from feeing 

 the Seed fallout of the Seed-box into the Funnel ; 

 and that Part of the Bottom which is before the Spin- 

 die cannot be made fhorter, becaufe that Part of the 

 Seed-box which is before the Spindle, is (upon account 

 of its Tongue) much longer than the Part of it which 

 is behind the Spindle. *Tis true that when the Hop- 

 per is empty of Seed, it cannot be thus pois'd - 9 but 

 then, being {o light, it does not require it. e fg b is 

 a Piece of a B.oard, nail'd on to that Part of tne End 



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