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 334
than the upper part,as shown in the section,^y%. 48. The neck, which joins thesocket to the hose, should be about f in. in diameter, inorder as little as possible to obstruct the view of the ope-/,-^rator. The blades are removed from the socket by a rapor two on the back with a hammer or a stone;… … n 312 New Method of forming living Arbours. The blades are formed by cutting into different lengths the bladeof an old scythe, and unriveting the back-plate. Three or fourhoe blades are obtained from one old scythe blade. The socketsvary from 4 in. to 6 in. in length, and the breadth, as above…
