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No. 46. 



HURDICK'S SELF-RAKING REAPER. 



The above illustration is from a model showing Mr. Burdick's self- 

 raking reaper, as manufactured by D. M. Osborne & Co., of Auburn, 

 New York. As far as the general principle is concerned, it is of the 

 Johnston type of self-raking reaper, but much modified by Mr. Burdick. 



No. 46. 



MOISSONNEUSE A RATELAGE AUTOMATIQUE BURDICK. 



L'illustration ci-dessus est prise d'un modele montrant la mois- 

 sonneuse a ratelage automatique de Mr. Burdick, telle que construite 

 par D. M. Osborne & Co. de Auburn, New York. Pour ce qui regarde 

 le principe general, elle est du type de la raoissonneuse a ratelage 

 automatique de Johnston, mais beaucoup modifiee par W. Burdick. 



No. 47. 



KIRBY'S MOWING MACHINE. 



On May 18, 1869, a United States patent was granted to William A. 

 Kirbv for improvement in mowing machines. This was one of the early 

 machines in which the frame was wholly of metal and the gearing 

 inclosed. One of the principal characteristics of this machine was the 

 connecting of the motive power to the cutting apparatus by means of a 

 pitman, consisting of two parts, joined very near to the knife-head, and 

 supported by a pendulum in such a manner that the cutting apparatus 

 could be raised to a vertical position when the machine was in proper 

 position for cutting. This machine was, for a time, considerably used, 

 and may be considered to have embodied many of the most desirable 

 features. It was manufactured by D. M. Osborne «Sc Co., of Auburn, 

 New York. 



