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OFFICIAL RKTROSPKCTUI". IXill inilON 



No. 37. 

 FAUCHEUSK 1}Uc:KKVE. 



Cette faucheuse fut brevetee a Lewis Miller, le 4 Mai 1858, mais 

 grandement perfectionnee dans sa construction ; son bati de support 

 principal, antericurement en bois, fait d'une seule piece et la machine 

 presqu'entierement de fer. Cette machine fut faite et vendue con- 

 siderablement par Adriance, Piatt & Co. de Poug^hkeepsie, New-York. 



No. 38. 



NISHWITZ'S MOWIXC, MACHINE. 



On February 16, 1858, a United States patent was granted to Fred- 

 erick Nishwitz for improvement in mowing machines. It was of the 

 Hussey type of 1833 in that the main frame was supported upon an axle 

 between the two wheels. Unlike Hussey's device, however, the bar was 



