Improved Baling Press
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A short 1862 Scientific American article describing Benjamin Roberts's improved baling press, a toggle-lever machine for compressing cotton, hay and similar material into bales for transport. It explains how an endless rope and pulleys draw the lever ends inward to force up the follower, driven by a horse-powered wheel. Two engravings show a perspective view and a view from below.
- Type
- Article
- Date
- August 9, 1862
- 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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