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OFFICIAL RETROSPECTIVE EXHIBITION 



(environ) alternativoiiu-nt. do fasi»n ;\ iM»uvi)ir «.ouikt dans los deux 

 dirtvtions, ct la njacliino al«>rs ojKTa d'lUK- uianicro si salislaisanto. 

 qu'en sus du ccrlifuat do Mr. Smith, jc j^aranlis Taction dc la niois- 

 sonncuse sous t»>us los rapjxjrts ; et sur co rani>orl i-t :\ ses tonnes je 

 vendis sept inoiss«tnnousos jxuir la nioiss«Mi do 1S42 ; ot dies 

 donnoront touto satisfaition, iino cortaino lalitudo ayant oto laissoe 

 ix>ur los ilofauts <|uo j'ous a corripfor plus lard on los jiorfoctionnant 

 plus ciMnplotoinont " otc. 



On voit done tpio los vontos i\v Mr. NMonnick ooininotKiTrnl. rn 

 fait, ix)ur la nioisson iW 1S42. onzo annoos apros sos proniiiros v\\k'- 

 riences. Si la nuuhino Holl < voyoz No. 4i ot ^cWk.' d'Hussoy ( vt)yez 

 No. 5) avaiont oto si dofoctueuscs on i)rin*.ipos (ju'il out fallu do si 

 lonjruos annoos do travaux pour los corrii^^or, il ost trjJ's |M)ssil)lo que 

 lours energies n'auraiont pas pu resistor a tanl d'annoos do docourag-o- 

 inoiil. 



No. 9. 



\VOOnW.\RD'S RK.VPINC, .M.VCHINH. 



Some time after 1840 a reaping machine was made by V. \N'o()il\varcl, 

 of Freehold, N. J., and later patented by him, under date of September 

 30, 1845. The machines were manufactured in various parts of the 

 United States to a considerable extent. As shown in the patent, the 

 machine was provided with a reel similar to that used by Hell. The reel 

 was supported on forwardly reaching arms. A box-like platform was 

 adapted to receive the grain, and before this a series of shears, similar 

 to those used by Hell, was ranged. Like Hell's, the machine was 

 adapted to be pushed by a team of horses, one upon each side of the 

 rearwardly extending tongue. The latter was supported upon an axle, 

 connected thereto by a vertical axis, and the axle, in turn, sustained by 

 wheels. The driver, by means of a tiller, directed the movement of the 

 machine. The cut grain was accumidated in the box-like receptacle in 

 the rear of the cutting apparatus, anci from it was removed sidewise from 

 time to time, by manual means, and the accumulation permitted to 

 escape freely by falling through an opening at the bottom of the recep- 

 tacle. This receptacle was provided with a hinged bottom, the latter 

 supported by a counterpoise so as to give way and permit the accumula- 

 tion to ' " • • •> ■' irround in the form of a gavel, in piles. Thi'i m.u hine, 



