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In One Volume, large Octavo, uniform with the 'Boole of the Farm,' price 2, 2s. 



T HE B K 



OF 



FARM IMPLEMENTS AND MACHINES. 



By J. SLIGHT & R. SCOTT BURN, Engineers. 



Edited by HENRY STEPHENS, F.R.S.E., Author of the ' Book of the Farm/ &c. 



CONTENTS. 



Book First. Dissertations elucidating the scientific principles which regulate 

 the choice of materials and construction of the Machines and Implements, and the 

 structures connected with them, ou the Farm Materials employed in Construction 

 Principles of Construction Practice of Construction Friction and Force. 



Book Second. On the practical construction, properties, and uses of Farm Im- 

 plements and Machines. 



IMPLEMENTS AND MACHINES CONNECTED WITH THE CULTIVATION OF THE SOIL. 

 Ploughs, including Steam-Ploughs, Trench and Subsoil Ploughs. Grubbers, Scarifiers, Culti- 

 \SfSf. Harrows > Land-rollers, Clod-crushers, Press-wheels. Horse-hoes. Sowing Machines 

 id Manure-distributors. Manual Implements connected with the Cultivation of the Soil. 



IMPLEMENTS AND MACHINES CONNECTED WITH THE PRODUCTS OP THE SOIL. 

 Hay-making Machines. Corn-reaping Machines. Barn Machines, including Thrashing- 

 Machines, Fixed and Portable ; Winnowing-Machines, Hummellers, Corn-cleaning Machines, 

 and Weighing-Machines. Carts Waggons Cart Steelyards. Straw-Cutters. Turnip-Slicers 

 Koot-b raters, and Root- Washers. Corn-Bruisers Bean-Mills Oil-Cake Breaker. Boiling and 

 bteaming Apparatus. Dairy Apparatus. Manual Implements connected with the Products of 

 the boil, as Scythes, Forks, Barn Implements, and Dairy Utensils. Machines not directly con- 

 nected with auy of the above Ten Sections, but useful on the Farm. 



MOVING POWERS OP THE FARM. 



Horse-Power. Water-Power. Steam-Power. Wind-Power. 



ARRANGEMENTS OP MACHINES IN THE STEADING. 



Arrangement of Machines in the Ground- Floor of the Steading. Arrangement of Machines in 

 the Upper Floor of the Steading. Arrangement of Small Machines with the Moving Power in 

 the Steading. The Preservation of Implements and Machines in the Steading. 



40 Engravings on Steel 836 Engravings on Wood. 



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 so to such perfection as to render any other work on the subject, for some time to come, a superfluity. 

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