Iles, George, 1852-1942 · New York : Henry Holt and company · leaf 359
alongside the platform. The gearing wasimperfect, and the sickle was but a thin, straight stripof steel, on the front edge serrated reversely every four orfive inches of its length, and liable to be clogged at theslightest provocation. Yet, though so coarse, immature,and imperfect, it was a machine… … ^•iJ> CYRUS H. IVIcCORAIICK 301 strengthened a little there, and generally brought into hctteiform. The raker sat astride a saddle provided for him inthe rear of the gearing, and used an ordinary hand-rake,but the driver rode a horse, or walked, for still there was noseat. It was arranged that…
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