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K, K, The Handles of-the Hoe; their extreme length is three fee t;
breadth,nt their nether ends,. two inches Kthicknefs, one inch and an half.
[ L, An Iron Bolt, or Biace, one.foot three inches long, and three quarters
of an inch thick, with -a^fquatp head at one end, and a fcrew and nut at
thejother; this Bolt paffes through'the fihafts, 'andis fattened thereto with a
[fcijBfY and nut,' as before-mentioned.
i. . M, Mf . Two cur\e,d Iron Shafts,' three feet fix inches long, one inch and
s an*half "broad, _ and three-*eigh,ths of an inch t-hipk: in thefore end of each of
Ithde Shah-, thciv is Ji l$]|j;$&> icecnc the roui'd'fpifldle or axis N: the Shafts
JijfSfl to the1 holt L ; and from thence, to
|thfMpS--1ij ,m£> <>f yic ihar^ t% y fine bent ,tp, a fegment ©f a circle, whofe dia-
f n»^^Js,,fcteen-ix^ohes.
[ A > Abound feon^Sijindlc, or Axis, which, p^flbs through the nave of
i this;Sgindlpjisj( one foot fix inches long, and
J $at,round head at oneieinh and a
at ft h C q f e ^ ! ^ y h,ffldiipf,,this Spindle there is a flat iron
[ring,* or walherWebw^n l|© head.ofh_the Spindle and the bridle, and another
[between.the have and thefhafh^'
\ H^h-MnrMe5 S l riaSe B fh^e^^ljdiapipter, and two inches broad
on its petiSherjy t>
‘W> B B S with a ^ y^ o r hole in its'fore epd, to
its, .inner pnds,are flatted and pierced with
^ S jd fjth e ‘ carriage whe§L* the diftance of
tbjcee inches,
t fth e "Committee of Agnuflinirdrook mt© cpnfidpration. tjhp experiments-
jt^-de, $lin£ iji\Fij($341--h IpisMay, '\7f0i
iRefejg ^ .appgared^to fhe C om ^ t t^ ' thjit the Rev.' Mr.| ih ^ f f ’s Hoe is
K S ^ a % headlands; and that
an^ fpgnlatenhe depth oj^ the
I Hoe in tl^e'ground, ,reiMers it preferable'tp tjie fhips ,in common ufe; but it
that ^ ^B Bead thW|^^fe e n^ght b& fa contrived ns to he
lle t to mter^ls of different breadths. The Committee-ro&Jygd to recommend
§f|^|fe^s§0^4,rfPe43-l fdjthe,Rev. for. Hmefy*for hk cem-
|mdnication of A is I ro r fS lo e : to ^which (re|oIutapnWf the Society agreed,