| United States. Patent Office - Patents - 1846 - 2014 pages
...— iL__ .--ii <=-: — . — : 1 ui 1.; .,),!,, • « stools. The tipplers may either stand or sit astride, at opposite ends. They should be at such a distance from the comb as to permit their striking it properly and alternately. A winnowing sheet must be placed under them, to receive... | |
| Agriculture - 1847 - 392 pages
...stand or sit astride, at opposite ends. They should be at such a distance from the comb as to permit their striking it properly and alternately. A winnowing...receive the bolls as they are rippled off; and then they are ready to receive the flax just pulled — the handfuls being placed diagonally, and bound... | |
| Agriculture - 1847 - 394 pages
...down to the centre of a nine-feet plank, resting on two stools. The ripplers may either eland or sit astride, at opposite ends. They should be at such a distance from the comb as to permit their striking it properly and alternately. A winnowing sheet must be placed under them, to receive... | |
| Thomas Keir Short - Flax - 1848 - 44 pages
...iron teeth, screwed into a nine feet plank, resting on two stools. The ripples may either stand or sit astride at opposite ends. They should be at such a distance from the comb as to admit their striking it properly and alternately. A thrashing sheet must be spread under them to receive... | |
| Society for the Promotion and Improvement of the Growth of Flax in Ireland - 1850 - 106 pages
...down to the centre of a nine-feet plank, resting on two stools. The ripplers may either stand or sit astride at opposite ends. They should be at such a...permit of their striking it properly and alternately. A winnowing-sheet must be placed under them, to receive the bolls as they are rippled off; and then they... | |
| Agriculture - 1851 - 626 pages
...ninefeet plank, resting on two stools. The ripplers may either stand or sit astride at opposite ende. They should be at such a distance from the comb, as...them, to receive the bolls as they are rippled off; und then they are ready to receive the flax just pulled, the handfuls being placed diagonally, and... | |
| 1851 - 560 pages
...down to the centre of a nine-feet plank, resting on two stools. The ripplcrs may either stand or sit astride at opposite ends. They should be at such a...permit of their striking it properly and alternately. A winnowing-sheet must be placed under them, to receive the bolls as they are rippled off ; and then... | |
| E. F. Deman - Flax - 1852 - 198 pages
...9-inch plank resting on two stools. The ripplers may either stand or sit aside at opposite ends, and be at such a distance from the comb as to permit of...striking it properly and alternately. A winnowing cloth or sheet must be placed under them to receive the bolls as they are rippled off, and then they... | |
| E. F. Deman - Flax - 1852 - 214 pages
...9-inch plank resting on two stools. The ripplers may either stand or sit aside at opposite ends, and be at such a distance from the comb as to permit of...striking it properly and alternately. A winnowing cloth or sheet must be placed under them to receive the bolls as they are rippled off, and then they... | |
| John Forbes Royle - Agriculture - 1855 - 446 pages
...down to the centre of a nine-foet plank, resting on two stools. The ripplers may either stand or sit astride at opposite ends. They should be at such a...under them, to receive the bolls as they are rippled oil'; and then they are ready to receive the Flax just pulled, the handfuls being placed diagonally,... | |
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