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the modifications necessary for forming type, and that there would be 
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but little novelty in such a m : 
and the moulds are filled, and the belt passes along in a horizontal po- 
sition until the balls become cool. The belt is then bent around a pul- 
ley which at once drives it and opens the sections of the moulds from 
which the balls fall. The belt afterwards passes around one or more 
additional pulleys, and up again to the reservoir. Thus while one por- 
tion of the moulds is receiving the molten lead, the bullets are cooling 
in another, and are discharged at a third without any interruption. 
6. Quantity of the different Grains produced in the United States 
in 1847, (Patent Office Rogaeer 1847, issued in 1848, p. 545.)—The 
following is the amount of the different kinds of grain produced in the 
United States in 1847, according to the estimate contained in the table 
preceding the agricultural report of this office for the present year, viz. 
dstuffs. ; Bushels. Total bushels. 
Indian corn or maize, , 539,350,000 
Wheat, . : ‘ 114,245,500 
Rye, ; , ‘ “al 29,222,700 
Buckwheat, ’ ‘ , 11,673,500 
— 694,491,700 
Grain not used for breadstuffs. 
Oats, P F é : 167,867,000 
Barley, . : , . 5,649,950 
—————. [73,516,950 
Total, . ; fn 868,008,650 
Other articles of food. 
Potatoes, ‘ ‘ : 100,950,000 bushels. 
Beans and Peas, 4 
50,000,00 
103,640,590 pounds. 
ton, under the name of the Smithsonian Institution, an establishment 
for the increase and diffusion of knowledge among men.” 
Section I. Plan of Organization. 
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To Increase Knowreper. It is proposed — 
__ 1. To stimulate men of talent to make original researches, by offer 
ing suitable rewards for memoirs containing new truths; an 
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