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FAH.1I niPLEMEXTS 
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FA RIU J»l A < H I \ E II Y 9 
ami THE 
Principles of their Construction and Use: 
WXTB 
SIMPLE AND PRACTICAL EXPLANATIONS 
OF THK 
LAWS OF MOTION AND FORCE 
AS APrLlKD 
ON THE FARM. 
with a&a illustrations. 
HY 
JOHN J. THOMAS. 
The basis of this admirable work was an essay 
published in 1850, in the Transactions of the X. V. State 
Agricultural Society, which was enlarged, and in IsM 
published by the Harpers. It. has been, and remains, the 
only work in which the principles of Natural Philoso- 
phy, namely, the mechanical powers, and the powers of 
water, wind, and heat, are systematically discussed as 
applied to the operations of the farm. 
The work has now been most carefully revised by the 
author. It. is much enlarged, and a great part has been 
re written while the illustrations, before abundant, now 
number two hundred and eighty-seven. A large number 
of new implements are described, with the heavier farm 
machinery ; and the use of steam, both in cooking and as 
power on the farm, is clearly disenfiscd. 
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The great value of this work is the application of natural 
philosophy to farm labor, in the use of power, and it will 
supply one of the best text-hooks in onr agricultural 
schools. Every farmer's son should carefully study tins 
hook, and he will be saved much hard labor, accom- 
plish more work, and have less wear ami breakage in the 
implements he uses. The chapter on plowing i-- of great 
value to all plowmen, whether "Id or young, and is worth 
more than the cost of the book. CJiicago Tribune. 
We welcome this new and re-written edition of an old 
and very valuable work. The* six pages on road-making are 
worth more than the price of the book to every highway 
surveyor in Vermont. Farmers need to study the me- 
chanics of Agriculture. . .This volume is admirably cal- 
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Tin 1 volume is, one of great value, and should be in 
every Farmer's Library, for it is full of practical hi Jges- 
tionsand useful information. Salem Observer. 
Mr. Thomas' illustrations are largely drawn from ob- 
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ordinary intelligence can readily grasp the whole, follow- 
ing the author step by step, from the inertia of the load- 
ed wagon which snaps the harness traces on a sudden 
start, to the laws which govern the shape of the working 
parts of tli^- plow, and the construction of the steam 
engine, or the radiation of heat causing the phenomena 
of dew and frost. Cultivator ./.•.■/ Country Gentleman. 
Those who are acquainted with Mr. Thomas' previous 
works need not to be told that it is written in a clear. 
concise, practical style, and though eminently scientific, 
the language is so Ave from nil nnecessary technicalities, 
and so pleasingly familiar, and at the same time so well 
illustrated and enlivened by appropriate incident, anec- 
dotes, experiments, etc., as to excite and repay the con- 
tinued attention of the reader. Gaksburg Free Ph 
The whole work is of a thoroughly practical char- 
acter, and the application of the principles taught to 
the farmer's daily work makes its instructions of very 
great value. There is not an agricultural writer that 
could be named mon' respected than Mr, Thomas, or 
one whose judgment and freedom from personal bins 
in discussing new implements could be more implicitly 
relied upon. Hartford Daily Thn. b. 
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PLAN OF A TRAPPING CAMPAIGN. 
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