38 OFFICIAL RFTROSPECTIVE EXHIBITION 



obtenir la hauteur do coupe requiso, etait re<;iable de la roue de sup- 

 port. L'appareil coupeur se prolong-eait du bati principal et, (piand 

 la machine etait employee commc une moissonneuse, reposait sur une 

 petite roue. La motion etait donnee a l'appareil coupeur par un en^re- 

 nag^e convenable. La barre coupeuse etait evidee et dans son interieur 

 se mouvaient deux coupeurs consistant de lames du type Ilussey, con- 

 venablement attachees a une barre. Ces lames etaient mises en 

 mouvement par des manivelles formees en arbre unicjue. La C()U]>e 

 de I'herbe se faisait entre ces lames quand elles se rapprochaient Tune 

 de Tautre. Le timon etait pivote de telle fa9on au bati principal que 

 sa position pouvait etre rej^lee a volonte. 



Ces machines furent amplement en usag^e dans les prairies de 

 rillinois, E.-U. d'A., ou elles eurent un excellent succes. Le sue des 

 hcrbes et des plantes affecta si serieusement Toperation de la machine 

 en adherant aux lames et en les separant, que l'appareil de coupe de 

 Mr. Hussey fut bientot adopte. 



No. 18. 



PEASE'S REAPINCi MACHINE. 



On November 14, 1848, a United States patent was granted to F. S. 

 Pease for improvement in harvester rakes. It was one of the first 

 attempts made in the United States to produce a reaping machine having 

 a device by means of which the driver of the team could deliver gavels 

 to the ground. It may be considered a step in advance of those 

 machines upon which a raker stood for the purpose, but was not auto- 

 matic, as Salmon proposed. While this machine did not come into gen- 

 eral use, it served the purpose of instructing those who came after and 

 teaching them the fact that a reaping nuichinc of the single drive-wheel 

 type could be exceedingly simple. Its cutting apparatus was that 

 invented by Hussey; its grain-receiving platform was slotted, and by 

 suitable mechanism the teeth of a rake placed beneath were moved 

 across to deliver the grain. This device was operated by a lever within 

 reach of the driver, and bv its means the rake was also returned to the 



