The Machines

Since the first machine is presented to us as an instrument for human sustenance, we will take this principle as a good omen. The present figure is therefore nothing other than a model of a baker's kneading trough for refining and macerating dough to make bread. In this device, the motor P, by moving the stanga geniculata cranked rod Q back and forth, which serves as the pivot for the whole work, causes the flywheel A to turn upon the handlebar B-C. This, with the curvature C-B-N, moves with its rotation the rod D-E-G. When joined at G with I-H, and turning itself within the two ears where the rod K is inserted, it causes the said rod K to press the dough at the right time, which is turned by the master or baker upon the bench M at the right time, according to use and need. Everything is seen clearly from the figure.

The Latin text repeats the description of the baker's kneading machine, noting that the motor P drives a flywheel to operate a rod that kneads the dough on a bench.