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No. 44. 

 JOHNSTON'S SELF-RAKING REAPING MACHINE. 



On Februar}' 7, 1865, a United States patent was granted to Samuel 

 Johnston for improvement in reapers. It may be considered to be an 

 improvement on the Dorsey machine. That it is now the principal 

 reaper made is proof that it was the most successful reaping machine 

 ever produced. Several patents have been taken out by Mr. Johnston. 



A vertical shaft was placed upon the stubble end of the finger-bar, 

 and upon this a spider suitably secured. Pivoted to this rotary spider, 

 upon horizontal axes, were four arms, each one adapted normally to act 

 as a reel — that is to say, to engage the standing grain, hold it against the 

 advance of the cutting apparatus, lay it when cut upon the platform, and 

 then rise over the mass. The arms were provided with anti-friction 

 rollers, adapted to run over a cam, to give the desired movement. At a 

 proper point a switch was provided, which, when opened, would cause 

 the rake-arm to move in a plane parallel with the receiving platform and 

 deliver the gavel to the ground. A pedal, in suitable position for the 

 foot of the driver, was connected to the switch, by means of which the 

 arms were made to reel or rake at will. 



No. 44. 

 MOISSONNEUSE JOHNSTON. 



Le 7 Fevrier 1865, un brevet des Etats-Unis fut accorde k Samuel 

 Johnston pour perfectionneraent de moisonneuses. Cette machine 

 peut etre consideree comme etant un perfectionnement de celle de 

 Dorsey. Qu'elle est maintenant la principale moissonneuse faite 

 prouve qu'elle etait la moissonneuse la plus satisfaisante qui ait jamais 

 ete produite. Plusieurs brevets out ete octroyes a Mr. Johnston . 



Un arbre vertical etait place sur I'extremite de chaume de la barre 

 coupeuse et sur celle-ci etait fixe un tourniquet. Pivotes sur ce tourni- 

 quet rotatoire, sur des axes horizontaux, il y avait quatre bras, 

 chacun adapte pour agir normalement comme rabatteur — c'est-a-dire 

 d'eng-ager le g-rain sur pied, le tenir contre Tavant de I'appareil de 

 coupe, le mettre sur la plateforme quand il etait coupe et le lever en- 

 suite au-dessus do la masse. Les bras etait munis de rouleaux d'anti- 

 friction, adaptes aoperer sur une came, pour donner la motion voulne. 

 A un point donne il y avait une aig-uille, qui ouverte faisait mouvoir 

 le rateau en parallele plane avec la plateforme et delivrer la javelle 

 sur le sol. Une pedale, bien posee pour ete a la portee du conducteur, 

 reliee a I'aig-uille, faisait, a volonte, rabattre ou rateler les bras. 



No. 45. 



MCCORMICK'S MOWING MACHINE. 



This machine was patented to Cyrus H. McCormick in 1861. The 

 design of this mower was such that by shifting his position the driver 

 might cause the cutting apparatus to rise from the ground. This was 

 intended to be accomplished by shifting himself forward in the seat so 

 that the predominance of weight was before the main supporting axle. 

 By shifting well to stubbleward the cutting apparatus might be lifted 

 from the ground. 



