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Description

Of the First Figure.

A Hand Mill.

This is very useful for a household, or wherever one otherwise lacks water, especially in fortresses, during and outside of sieges. It is operated by one person, and one can grind a fair amount of grain with it in a short time. Its construction and assembly are depicted in the figure in detail with all circumstances, so that no special description is necessary. The letter A indicates the box and hopper where one pours in the grain. B is the shoe of the same, which hangs movably from both small shafts C, which control the shoe. At D, the two screws are indicated with which one adjusts the stone. A flywheel or two handles E, E can also be arranged for better running or assistance to the drive. F is a lantern gear original: "Trillis" on the cam wheel, which engages above in the tongue K, which in turn controls the shoe above. The crank H serves for turning. The flour bag is depicted at I. The profile or cross-section of this mill shows the actual condition, so that there is no need, as stated, to give further report on it.

The II. Figure.

A Hand Mill.

The present hand mill can be manufactured from a simple frame and wood, and can be easily operated by one person with a flywheel P. O., which has a cranked handle ABC, by means of a square shaft

E. F. R., which should have a wheel toothed on the side. This engages with its pegs into the lantern gear or upper mechanism G, which leads the same around together with the millstone Q, and thus grinds the grain with its rotation. As for the proportion or strength of this mill, the flywheel P. O. should be at least twelve feet original: "Schuh"—and thus as heavy—as the millstone Q. The latter is set to this proportion: it should hold two and a half feet in diameter. The toothed wheel or disc E. F., however, should have twenty-four side pins, and the upper mechanism or lantern gear G eight spindles, so that when the wheel O. P. rotates once, the millstone Q will have run around three times in the meantime.

Note. The box for pouring in or loading the grain, as well as the discharge of the meal and the flour bag, has been omitted from this figure on purpose (since such is common and known to everyone), but it is easily understood and put into practice not only through the preceding, but also the following figures. It is only to be noted here that even if the diameter of the disc E. F. were shorter, and a wheel made of sixteen teeth or pins, the flywheel would thereby—as would the millstone—run around much faster and more powerfully. The experienced master craftsman will also find something special in this piece if he searches diligently, which we hereby wish to point out and note with diligence. Sap. fat. dict. A word to the wise is sufficient.

The III. Figure.

A Hand Mill.

This hand mill is quite common; it can be easily operated by two people with two draw-arms X V. It is erected by a simple frame, and should have a flywheel of three weights in the middle under the millstone...