Annual report of the Commissioner of Patents (1837)
United States. Patent Office · [Washington, D.C.] : Patent Office · leaf 972
e foundthat he delayed cutting till tlie pods were dead-ripe and the stalks nearly Doc. No. 140, 963 dry. It was then cut with sickles—[the kind with smooth edgcsy some-times called grass sickles in this country—Editor]—and laid in small heapsfor several days, to dry. I waited till my crop became… … The handle is two feet in length, and of size to suit the hand. The bladeresembles a sickle, but is less curved. The edge forms a regular half cir-cle, say 12 inches in diameter, and the shank is so formed that a straightline drawn lengthwise of the handle would strike the edge at the middle ofthe…
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