. An encyclopædia of gardening; . ers inconvenientlycumbersome ; and in many operations, the ordinary force of man could not be convenientlybrought into action. Rollers, as opposed to the turf-beetle, are illustrative of the firstcase ; the German devil, and Bramahs hydrostatic press, as opposed to a number ofmen with ropes or levers, of the second ; and tlie boat-scythe, as perfoiming the oper-ations of the pincers or common scythe, of the third case. But the machines of gar-dening are very few, and chiefly artificial contrivances for tlie defence of gardens orscientific machines for measurem
. An encyclopædia of gardening; . ers inconvenientlycumbersome ; and in many operations, the ordinary force of man could not be convenientlybrought into action. Rollers, as opposed to the turf-beetle, are illustrative of the firstcase ; the German devil, and Bramahs hydrostatic press, as opposed to a number ofmen with ropes or levers, of the second ; and tlie boat-scythe, as perfoiming the oper-ations of the pincers or common scythe, of the third case. But the machines of gar-dening are very few, and chiefly artificial contrivances for tlie defence of gardens orscientific machines for measurement or designation of temperature. In contriving eitlier 288 SCIENCE OF GARDENING. Pakt II. of these, simplicity ought to be attended to; for a complicated machine is not only moreexpensive, and more apt to be out of order, but there is also a greater degree offriction, according to the number of rubbing parts. SuBSECT. 1, Machines of The more cumbrous machines of gardening are the barrow, roller, watering-engine. 199. 200
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