History of the Plow. 



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of all inch. The rii^ht handle, D, is somewhat lighter, being 

 iisnally one and one-half inches by three-eighths of an inch, and 

 l>()th terniinate in welded sockets which receive wooden helves of 

 six or eight inches in length. The stretchers, FFF, which snp- 

 port and retain the handles at their dne distance apart, are in 

 length snited to their positions in the handles, and their thickness 

 is abont three-qnarters of an inch in diameter, tapering toward the 

 ends, Avhere thev terminate in a collar and tail bolt with a screwed 

 mit. The nppcr stretcher has also a semicircular stay riveted to 

 its middle, the tails of the stays, G G, terminating, like the 

 stretcher, with screwed tails and nuts. 



Having given the general dimensions and outline description of 

 this plow, there remains to be described the details of the body 

 frame and its sheathing, all the figures of which are on a scale of 

 one and one-half inches to one foot. 



The Body Frame. — The different view^s of the body frame are 

 exhibited in the Figs. 29 and 30, wherein the same letters refer to 



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J^iff. 29. 



the corresponding parts in the different figures. Fig. 29 is an 

 elevation of the furrow side; Fig. 30 a plan of the sole bar of the; 

 frame inverted; and a vertical section on the line XX is given in 



m. 



Fiff. 30. 



Fig. 31. In all the figures, then, aaa\% the sole bar, with two 

 arms, h and c, extending upwards, and having at the lower edge 

 a flaniro, d^ running alono; the right hand side. Each of the arms, 



