. Modern mechanism, exhibiting the latest progress in machines, motors, and the transmission of power, being a supplementary volume to Appletons' cyclopaedia of applied mechanics . n Figs. 3 and 4, Fig. 3 l)eing a verti-cal section and Fig. 4 a plan. The body con-sists of a bf)X-shaped frame mounted on twowheels. The frame is divided into two jiartsor sections, with a passage-way in the center,so that the machine, so to speak, straddlesthe cotton-row. In each section of the ma-chine there is a vertical shaft, and on thisshaft the cotton-stems are arranged radiallyand in tiers one above the oth
. Modern mechanism, exhibiting the latest progress in machines, motors, and the transmission of power, being a supplementary volume to Appletons' cyclopaedia of applied mechanics . n Figs. 3 and 4, Fig. 3 l)eing a verti-cal section and Fig. 4 a plan. The body con-sists of a bf)X-shaped frame mounted on twowheels. The frame is divided into two jiartsor sections, with a passage-way in the center,so that the machine, so to speak, straddlesthe cotton-row. In each section of the ma-chine there is a vertical shaft, and on thisshaft the cotton-stems are arranged radiallyand in tiers one above the other. Motion iscommunicated to the shaft by gearing fromthe wheels, so that the sliaft rotates, and inso doing carries the stems into the plants,and then into the compartments of the ma-chine. In connection witli tlie stems a re-versing gear is arrangcil, so tliat the stemsare made to turn on their own axes, pointsforward, while in the plants, and in a reversedirection when they enter the boxes. Thestems, lh(>refore, gather the cotton, carry itinto the boxes, reverse, and thereby clearthemselves of the cotton ; and the latter thenfalls upon a horizontal belt, which conveys. Flo. 4 —Mason cotton-liarvester—plan. it to the rear, where it engages with elevator-belts, and these in turn carry it upward anddeliver it into the bags hung on the rear of the machine. The machine is drawn by a horseor mule, and as it passes over the rows of plants the stems are carried backward in each rev- HARVESTING-MACHINES, GRAIN. 419 olution at the same rate of speed as that at which the machine moves forward. Therefore,the stems are practically stationary in the plants, and all dragging is prevented. Actualexperiment has proved that the capacity of this machine is from 8,000 to 3,500 lbs. perday. A committee of the National Cotton Planters Association has reported that, underconditions of actual test, • the machine gathered a fairly clean cotton at the rate of 240 seed-cotton per hour
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