The gardener's magazine and register of rural & domestic improvement (1826)
Loudon, J. C. (John Claudius), 1783-1843, A. & R. Spottiswoode, printer, United States. Patent Office. Scientific Library, former owner DSI · London : Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown and Green · leaf 113
re kept in this elevated position bya ratchet and catch at the end of the roller. A curved scraper is attachedto the back part of the frame at the off-corner, to be used only durino- thelast course of the machine, for the purpose of collecting the scrapino-s&int0heaps ready for removal. The… … corner. Within the frame, and diagonal to it, is the cylinder of brooms,consisting of five rows of heath, each row secured between two boards byscrews, and attached to an axle by radiating arms of cast-iron. Thisreceives a rotatory motion from the carriage wheels, by means of a beveled-tooth wheel…
