Gatling's Improved Cotton Cultivator
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A single-page article from Scientific American (October 1860) describing R. J. Gatling's improved cotton cultivator, a horse-drawn machine that scrapes both sides of a cotton row and thins the plants in one pass. It explains how cotton rows are planted and worked, then details the mechanism: driving wheels, a cutter-head with four knives, adjustable scraper moldboards, and an india-rubber spring clutch that protects the shaft. An engraving shows the machine at work, and the article gives the patent date (July 3, 1860) and the inventor's address in Indianapolis.
- Type
- Article
- Date
- October 6, 1860
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 1
- Archive notes
- Reduced to 85% to fit on page
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From Ralph Griswold's Digital Archive, delivered by the University of Arizona.
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