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OFFICIAL ki:iKUSl'KCTl\K FXllllUTlON 



No. 7S. 



at all. "riic infant art was enriclitd by it, however, to this extent: A 

 portion extended some distance forward of the cutting device that served 

 to separate the grain to be left standint^ from that to be cut. The part 

 is mentioned in the description as "a projecting bar which separates the 

 standing grain from that to be cut." 



A self-raking attachment was adapted, by suitable mechanism, to 

 have an orbital movement over the grain-receiving platform and deliver 

 the cut straw to the ground in gavels suitable for binding. The cutting 

 apparatus was given movement by a crank, upon the shaft of which a 

 heavy balance-wheel was placed, to jirovide the necessary momentum 

 to aid the cutting devices in doing their work. The above illustration 

 is a photo-engraving of a miniature motiel. 



N\). 78. 

 M 1 SSONNFAISE SA 1 ,M o \. 



En 1S08, line nidissonneusc fut produitc en Angleterre par un 

 Mr. Salmon. La machine coupait un andain etroit et somble etre 

 faitc pour otre poussee a la main, etant munie de manches. II est 

 possible, ccpendant, <iue I'inventeur contemplait attacher un cheval a 

 un des cotes de la machine ou do fairo de long's manches, pouvant 

 servir de brancards, entre lesquels on puisse placer un cheval. 



Nous no Savons pas si cette machine a etc jamais en usage. Elle 

 enrichit cependant Tart naissant en ce sens. Une portion, se prolon- 

 geant quelque peu en avant de Tapparoil de coupe, servait k separer 

 Ic grain qui devait rester debout de celui (pii dcvait etre coupe. Cette 

 partie est mentionnee dans la descrii)ti()n comuu- une l)arre ])r()l()ng"ee 

 qui separe le grain sur pied de celui a couper. 



