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C - H A-'1 P. IX.-
A $ n p § e jh r ijiii$ ^ pM r . W'il e e t ’s .D R I L L - :P f e d t jG H , one
Wheel., .
TH E frtme o f this Plough isfeven feet:tWb iiftHfeS and'an' half long, -(4n-
.- tiudiiig itS handles) aMAw-o feet eight 'ifiches'ih' diameter, from out to
?;• 'v/hbdl is {fl/ceLeettwo infch'eS^'in diameter,' aniL'tv$ci iifbhes
ancha quartet broad on its 'pCriphetyits akis1fi?lm&tid ot wood; to whichus
fixed a wfierrCr, or |>trlfey, with Jah angular glolWly in which there 'iswaPband
bx ddr<f & fin e a iS% ‘% p^ er^ ^O T ef,
^ s df'the feed-box? ‘ This feed-box is ' fwo feet fiiife^itich longh and
in d fe arid auffflf (fiaihete^ with a partition in the middle fdmakeit ahlwef'
the pfii^dfe of t-v^o fepdrate feed-boxes; ^hith drop the^ed^dl^Mri^mtd't^o
taper trunks, wfiofe poiiitfb? unH*rtntls''ard1fiod wit'h^irdn'prdpfefly-'ihaped
to make Lhfe tSenclies or drills'fofthe OMnjh&^^^TheJelMnks are'occ'dtcmaliy
le!t%il:a^fdaterrfrsleTsffiifhmcefroifi^aSlPotKSl, bydwd‘'iron'WeWs:fixed%r
t h i t f ^ W f e W ^ o r t h S JraiTS|e0Mfffi^ the ftfe^hd^dfi^he^ raft
^r‘e‘ cmne&'edVith The-thill1-br’^fliSFre, ?s$d3 ffdl?1 b&M -^nds^^OTg Founded
off and properly fiiaped, a r e ' t f f d^lMi f dres^bf t hePfoUg 'h ffl| held and
dirked! Thef'b’IS1 h4 rive9 ^ordr ct^f^Emc^^al^he^KMsff parf of •tM'frame,
wfiidi is four indhfies broad' asid threeeim?Kds thiSj'hbvin^tWcFlhffg hwfftiffes
1 H H » t;henf,r in%h^h;:are iirferfeflPt#^®;a^; ^m iK .t# ^ p i’rtd'Jthe
ground, ?andihrve (when 'propelly'' fety‘'whtb Hooded Vedf^s1 made for'that
phrpbfd}1, toVbVeF'the coin in tWuHlf.
This Plough was rhade by Mr. the ihvcfifcor ’oE hne'-Drill-Plmigh,
■ reprefen'ted in Plate r, and -2 f page 'Tg*j‘ ahd" B^^^Plougn hemelcfibed is lefs
complicated and mucL’Cheaper than the othef, it was recommended' TOwftfe
Society on that account; but molt peoplh are of dpimdn, that thb’firtt Plotf^n
^h^^fclb!ePtblifhe'‘Ploi3^ i :abdVe-mMtidned ; which was'putcfiafed the
Society, J u m ’t i
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* 4fr o ty Digfrdpftfn ofr Mr. B e s t l a n d ’s D R I L L , takenJj-om a Madefy made to &
« ^ Scale/ o f an Ini h a la^aTplM.uljl, <te jfyb.otf^ c.
TH IS Di il^ incn\e?^oi\ three daryiage-WheelS j the fore-wheel 19 twd
I 'inches in dii l tne^A^ndh alf anpneh feeadg^it^petiphery; it turns in
a>f i a t , w i t h a round fhank,|whi'ch. paffes through, and turns in $
;mundjh6ie, in tlpJ,Jqye\£nd/of, th$ bteam. T he two hindwheels arC-ene inch
ajpf a quarter pn diameter, ajad thr^e-.eighths cjf an,jpch bropd on tfigir peri-
.g hmies,. The avLe-ticc^ ogthefi ,v h.ccl'^jdi.e.c £|i>ifty.n£ii&lK . and a.quarter
’Ijbhgi and|nllr^n‘ incnt, fqilare. There m&jmp'tongp^es^k thin flips of. woodj.
l'on'g^haff anfiiich broad, anif onc»e'jghtii bf ail imn-thiS;,“ mbrtifed
^ t o ‘tm-endybr fmsQ“™tic'C, wine^ with t ie |p||pliL ‘&C. urhconnected to
the-^rk®gU-lat-Lr-ames-wit'Mi%ingeSj*'a-nd-tW'0*iron pins th'roiafh' a'dohble rank'
^ hple,s in thcTongVie^ or flip, htforeitoentioried.,” ThGifon' yhd*b§the Beam
is fui*d!haed on t l t o n o u ^ f 5!^ or Upper ciuLJt ol thfe’ ifon’ framd 'of the'fore
"Caffr^ge’-w?^.!.. The back endjo^ the Bbam bratiohes nffanto'.tWb 'curyed
-arms,j-exterijling eighty^fa^l^om.thqi^;fh|nld|r,,,|nd^i;e tin ifiehes diftarft
rrbrii eaenotMf at their extEemitiss. ’'^ThfiL<igt;l%of tlje^£|i end; orAraight
nart qpfhe Beam, is}'’’eight incn^/jioln point toiits 1 Eoiilcfer. On th e -
buryed arms,of tshe^3&Dy§terer a^t^(tmangular:£rames, 6u&qVet the'!od®t,
in an inclined ditg^tion, Tfieir tmdf&Cnds turn on hinges' fixed to a tfayerle,
or,|rpfsf rail, at ^theidgilL,yfhy w^ch means .theift points ">cft Upper
,endft a%eafily elevated* tog$lgprefled, .By moving, dpjiron pin in k qtuadrdnt, or
mgsnent of a 'circle; Vhich pafles lthroughi a mortifa ini the'oipper ends1, of
feheLaid.framej. '^.By this contaivange, the lhares, whiefiiare faftened to; theft
fr^mesajare, fet; clepRS-r Pr fliallpwer iiii,the-ground at ipfeafiare. '/r
mjThifi inJtrument.-has ■ nin%fljaresy;-five ybuEqp%arfe- -fafl-eneddta the'bars’ of
the upper triangular frame, andLpqprfjti© the Unde^ frame.; the'fisrmer are-feed
Behind thu lattpy;, gpd»ftirs ;t?he( grqun,d; in-the inltgEfUls: betwiden the .lhares p f
thej latter. There .is aniron ftaple and hook-riVetted to_ the. iron frame of
the fore v carriage-wheeLf^ttONtwhioh‘the’ (kttlejare? fattened to work the
Drill.
r jLhis m^uhiue^py imaking elole drills was inydnted By Mr. NathtmdBejlland\
for.-whiph he -h^d a bounty-o'f- teh guineas,''> !
. ..The fpllpwiog,Observations.on DrilhHulhandry- was made by Mn BtJHundi
gndrXyn,tyi-th bis .Modelito the Spej^^fr,
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