Triumphs and wonders of the 19th century, the true mirror of a phenomenal era, a volume of original, entertaining and instructive historic and descriptive writings, showing the many and marvellous achievements which distinguish an hundred years of material, intellectual, social and moral progress .. (1899)
Boyd, James Penny, 1836-1910 · Philadelphia, Pa., A. J. Holman & Co · leaf 336
ed the power and doubled the daily capacity of the machine.For a short time the farmers were satisfied with this; but the engine washeavy, and often the farmers teams were light, and as it was the rule thateachman must draw the engine from his farm to where the next job was tobe done, and often the… … another difficulty arose; for now that the machine had been improved andthe power increased so that under favorable conditions a thousand bushelscould be threshed in a day, the handling of the straw became a seriousproblem, for it was impossible to build it in a stack suitable for keeping asfast as…
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