33B ' MACHINE FOR WASHING ROOTS, 



without any exertioitf 20 bushels an hour, or a man alone 

 will do-half the quantity. I have tried a few parsnips with 

 it, and find it do them equally as well, and have no doubt 

 but any kind of roots maybe washed with it. I am very 

 much pleased with it, and so must every one who has 

 tried it. 



With every wish for your success, 

 I am, yours sincerely, 



JOHN CLARKE. 

 To Mr. Lester, ^c. 

 LORD NORTHAMPTON acquaints Mr. Lester, that 

 the potato-washer, that was bought of him, answers the 

 purpose perfectly well, and is approved by all who have 

 used it. 



Decription of Mr. Lester's Machine for washing Potatoes^ 



cVc Plate /Z, Fig. 1. 



Description of THIS machine is shown in plate IX, fig. 1. The pota- 

 ihe machine. ^ . ,. , ^ , » 7 -. , /. 



toes are put into a cylinder or lantern A A, formed of two 



circular boards, and a number of staves connecting them. 

 Six of these staves are connected at the ends of two pieces of 

 wood, so that they can be opened as a door, to put in or 

 take out the potatoes. The cylinder turns round in a trough 

 BB, filled with water, and sii})ported on four legs. On 

 the end of i]\e axis of the cylinder, two pulleys, one of 

 which is shown separately at D, are loosely fitted ; these are 

 intended for the cylinder to move upon, when full of po- 

 tatoes ; they run upon a swinging frame E E, which rests 

 on centres at F F : when the long end of the frame is pulled 

 down, tbe other end is raised up, lifting the cylinder out 

 of the trough B B ; when the long end of the frame be- 

 comes the lowest, the cylinder rolls down on its wheels D, 

 till it is over the hopper or wooden funnel G, under which 

 a wheelbarrow or basket to receive the clean potatoes is 

 placed: the door of the cylinder is now opened, and the 

 contents turned out through the hopper into the vessel be- 

 neath it. When the frame is in this situation, the iron rods 

 H, which are jointed to the short ends of the levers, form 

 stops to the farther descent of the frame. ^ 



Mode of using When fresh quantities of potatoes are to be washed, they 

 "• are thrown iji at the door of the cylinder, which is then 



shut 



