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be ftrong, yon may make the Teeth the 
longer, and the other Roll anfwerable, 
and' the more Apples may you add at a 
time in the feeding of it, by means where¬ 
of, the Apples of a whole Parifh or Town, 
or more, may be ground without any o- 
ther labour than attendance. The one 
end of the Floating Veflel may ferve to 
contain the Fruit, the other the Veffels for 
the Pulp, the Prefs, See. Such a Machine 
placed in the River of Thames, near Lon¬ 
don, would turn with every Tide, and 
difpatch vaft quantities of Fruit that are 
ufually beaten up for Cider in the three 
Moneths of September , O&ober , and No¬ 
vember , in and near that City. 
As for the handles of the hand Ingenio s 
or Mills, it is very convenient that there 
be a Wheel, as in the Frontifpiece of this 
Book may be difeerned $ and that the han¬ 
dle be near two Foot from the Center: 
for the larger and heavier the Sweep is, 
the better and more eafily doth it difpatch 
the harder or tougher Fruit. 
It is alfo convenient the Far end of your 
hand Ingenio be fixed againft fome poll: 
or wall, that it may endure fudden jerks 
without difplacing it j For its loofe ftand- 
ing is a great impediment to a quick ope¬ 
ration. . Alfo 
