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the worm gets into them, and they soon become like a honey- 

 comb, which renders them unfit for service. The rollers must 

 be grooved the whole length of the surface ; the grooves ought 

 to be half an inch wide, and three eighths of an inch deep ; 

 an iron spindle passes through each roller, and upon these spin- 

 dles there is, at each side of the box, a crank handle fixed by 

 a nut, which screws on one end of each spindle. In Jig- 98. 1 1 

 show the ends of two boards, which go the whole length across 

 the box from u to u,Jig. 99., and from a hopper (v K fig. 98.) which 

 guides the fruit between the rollers, and keeps it from getting 

 behind them at w w. In fig. 98. x x show the ends of two pieces 

 of board, which pass through mortises in the sides of the box, 

 and act as scrapers to the rollers : y,Jig 99. shows the whole 

 length of the same pieces of wood. The dimensions of the 

 case or box are, 4 ft. high, ] 9 in. by 1 2 in. inside. The spindles 

 for the rollers are seven eighths of an inch thick, and work 

 through two plates (z z), which are let into the sides of the box, 

 and are 2 in. wide by half an inch thick, and 16 in. long each. 

 These plates are not only necessary for the spindles to work in, 

 but they prevent the contraction and expansion of the sides of 

 the box ; which, without this precaution, would sometimes con- 

 tract, and jamb the rollers so close together that they would 

 not turn ; and at other times would expand, and keep the roll- 

 ers too far apart. I also send you the plan of the press I 

 use, though I am afraid few persons will be found who will 

 go to the expense of one of such power ; however, presses of 

 a similar construction may be made of any size or power re- 

 quired. 



In fig. 100. a is a screw, 3 ft. 9 in. long, and 2 in. in diame- 

 ter, which works in the brass nut b, let into the head-piece of 

 the press on the under side : c is a piece of cast iron, 4 in. by 

 2 in., which goes across the top of the fall-board, for the screw 

 to work upon : d is a square iron clip that is fastened across 

 the iron c, and under which is placed an iron collar, that is 

 put upon the lower end of the press pin, and enables the pin 

 to raise the fall-board, when the press pin or screw is turned 

 back. The head of this pin is 4 in. in diameter, and it has 

 two holes through it, at right angles, through which the end 

 of the le.ver is put when the press is worked. The lever is 

 made of iron, and is 4 ft. 6 in. long, by 1 § in. in diameter, and 

 has a collar 6 in. long from one end, to prevent the lever from 

 slipping too far through the head of the pin. A hole (f) 

 which is three fourths of an inch in diameter, is bored 

 through the bed, to let the juice run down into a pail, or 

 any other fit vessel, placed underneath the bed : g is a groove 

 1 in. wide, and forms an inclined plane, which commences at 



