Improved Hemp and Flax Dresser
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A one-page Scientific American article describing Howard's Hemp and Flax Dresser, a machine for crushing, breaking and hatchelling hemp and flax fibers. It explains the parts (fluted rollers, dressers with hatchel teeth, clamp, rack, friction clutch, gears) and how reversing the rollers carries the fiber through the dressing cycle. A cross-section diagram accompanies the text, and the patent was granted to C. G. Howard of Topeka, Kansas, in 1864.
- Type
- Article
- Date
- c. 1865
- 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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