504 Report on the Tnals of Implements at Wolverhampton. 
B is fixed. The hands required arc the engine-man, one anchor-man, one 
man on the cultivator C, and two porter-toys. Of course, the self-contained 
Fig. 15.^ — Diagram {Uustrating Blessrs. Howard's mode ofworJcing 
Steam-cultivating Machinery on the " slcew system," 
engine and windlass are adapted also for working on the stationary engine and 
roundabout rope system, when, as the windlass-drums are self-coiling, and are 
set in or out of gear by the engine-driver, no windlass-man is required. The 
method of eifecting a perfect coiling of the rope is explained in our vertical 
section, Fig. 16. A is the fly-wheel on the engine crank-shaft ; B B and a 
Fig. 16. — Vertical Section showing the method of effecting the perfect 
coiling of the Hojpe in Messrs. Howard's Double-Drum and Anchor Set, 
No. 1168. 
pinion, C, upon this shaft drive a large spur-wheel, D, turning loose upon 
a fixed horizontal axis, E E, which is supported at each end by a flange bolted 
to the main frame, as at F. The drum G is connected with the spur-wheel 
by means of two brackets, H H, projecting sideways from the arms of the 
