. Scientific American Volume 10 Number 24 (June 1864). DENNEYS SORGHUM MILL. other officers of rank who were present, expressedthe belief that it would prove more effective for driv-ing off besiegers than anything ever invented. Bethis as it may, if Richmond is ever threatened by asiege, the sneezers, as the inventor facetiouslycalls his balls, will form a prominent feature in thedefensive operations. CHIPMANS RAILWAY WASHING MACHINE. A great many washing machines, ingeniously con-structed, have been offered to the public of late years,. and the number of them is constantly


. Scientific American Volume 10 Number 24 (June 1864). DENNEYS SORGHUM MILL. other officers of rank who were present, expressedthe belief that it would prove more effective for driv-ing off besiegers than anything ever invented. Bethis as it may, if Richmond is ever threatened by asiege, the sneezers, as the inventor facetiouslycalls his balls, will form a prominent feature in thedefensive operations. CHIPMANS RAILWAY WASHING MACHINE. A great many washing machines, ingeniously con-structed, have been offered to the public of late years,. and the number of them is constantly persons will, of course, have predilectionsin favor of particular machines. For family use the simplicity of this machine will commend it to allwhile the ease with which it is operated is also ogreat additional value; for if it is as hard work to washwith a machine as without it, there is certainly notmuch advantage in using one. This machine is verygentle in its treatment of tffe clothes placed in it, andnotwithstanding the mechanical appearance of thewheel, seen in the broken-out portion,its action is thorough and efficient. The construction and operation ofthe machine is as follows:—The box orcase, A, has rockers, B, strongly fast-ened to it, which set on the ways, of this case there is a flutterwheel, D, which has several leaves, orbuckets, grooved like a axle of this wheel is carried in aV-shaped bracket, shown at E, whichworks in the guides, F. There is asmall rod on the bracket which has aspring


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