A dictionary of Greek and Roman . thisin the phrase Depresso aratro (Georg. i. 45).The cross-bar, which is seen in Mr. Fellowssdrawing, and mentioned in Sir J. C. Hobhousesdescription, and which passes from the pole to theshare for the purpose of giving additional strength,was called crwddr], in Latin fulcrum. The coulter(culter, Plin. H. N. xviii. 48) was used by theRomans as it is with us. It was inserted into thepole so as to depend vertically before the share,cutting through the roots which came in its way,and thus preparing for the more complete looseningand overturning of t
A dictionary of Greek and Roman . thisin the phrase Depresso aratro (Georg. i. 45).The cross-bar, which is seen in Mr. Fellowssdrawing, and mentioned in Sir J. C. Hobhousesdescription, and which passes from the pole to theshare for the purpose of giving additional strength,was called crwddr], in Latin fulcrum. The coulter(culter, Plin. H. N. xviii. 48) was used by theRomans as it is with us. It was inserted into thepole so as to depend vertically before the share,cutting through the roots which came in its way,and thus preparing for the more complete looseningand overturning of the soil by the share. About the time of Pliny two small wheels (rotae,rotulae) were added to the plough in Rhaetia ; andServius (I. c.) mentions the use of them in thecountry of Virgil. The annexed woodcut showsthe form of a wheel-plough, as represented on apiece of engraved jasper, of Roman also shows distinctly the temo or pole, thecoulter or culter, the dentate or share-beam, theburis or plough-tail, and the handle or (Caylus, Bee. dAnt. v. pi. 83. No. 6.) It cor-responds, in all essential particulars, with the
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