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advances the straw,&c. under the knife. When the ſrame ce descendz, its middle cross-bar, takes hold'of the lever I, and by the chain m, draws down the presser L upon the slraw, and holds it firm while the knife D cuts it, and it then falls into the bin M. While this is doing, the lever G is pushed down, and the end of the rod i slipped over the sloping side of a tooth of the racket-wheel k, being kept to the wheel by'a small weight n. When the frame is raised again, the presser is released and the siraw,&ec. advanced by the roller as before.

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SPECIFICATION OF À PATENT GRANTED TO THOMAS JAMES PLUCKNETT, OF THE PARISH OF CHRIST CHURCH, IN THE COUNTY OF SURREY, AGRICULTURAL MACHINE- MAKER; FOB A MACHINE FOR DIBBLING AND DRILLING ALL KINDS OF GRAIN AND PULSE. Dated April 17, 1806,

« FF O all to whom these presents shall come,&c. Now

: know ye, that in compliance with the said proviso,

LU e said Thomas James Plucknetit, do bereby declare that

my said invention, and the manner in which the same is to

be carried into eflect and practice, are described in the man- ner“following; that is to say: Às dibbling is now found to be the only effectual way to s0w corn, pulse,&ec. in order to insure crops and save seed, by which the farmer will save immense expence, and never be disappointed of a crop. Lt is made as follows, viz. A hollow roller, of about three feet diameter, the ends made of wood or iron, or other fit mate- rial, about one inch and a half thick.‘The roller about one foot long, made with bars of iron, about one inch and a half square, or any other fit material sufficiently strong, placed all round the circumference of the roller, about s1x inches asunder, or at any other distance at which it may be necessary to plant or dibble the corn, púlse,&e.; for the distance of Lhese bars will be the exact space of one dibbled hole from the other following; therefore, these bars will be placed round the two heads of the roller at six inches distance from each other, or more or less, as may be reguired; these bars being about twelve inches long, secured, or otherwise fastened at each end, at about sìx inches asunder, to the two heads of three feet diameter, from what I above describe as a hollow roller. Through the centre of this roller is fixed

a sguare axle, of either wood or iron, or any other fit mate-

rial, with only a suflicient round at each end for the round