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209&#93; MIL fii'e fixed to the back and jfront of the box, and one of which is deli- neated at the letter B. C, the lid of the bolter repre- sented open. D, a slider, which is moveable in a groove made in the lid, by means of two handles on the back of such lid. K, a forked iron, fixed in the slider D ; and which, when the lid is shut, takes hold of the edge of the sieve F, and moves it back- wards and forwards on the wooden ribs B, according to the agitation of the slider. G, represents a fixed partition in tiie lower centre of the box, which it divides into two parts, in order to separate the fine from (he coarse flour : from this parti don, the slider A, moves each way about four inches, and thus aflfords room for working the sieve. H, a board that is parallel to the bottom of the bolter, and forms part of the slider A. This board serves to prevent any of tl e sifted matter from falling into the othi:r partition. I, represents two of the back feet which support the bolter. Fig. 3, of the pLte above men- tioned, is a view of the top, or up-per part ot the lid of the boiler. K, the slider that move^ the ienglhwisft of the bolter. L, L, the handles by which the slider is Vv'orked. M, a screw, serving to hold the fork, which imparts motion to the sieve. Fig. 4, represents the forked iron, E, separately trom the lid. Mr. Rustall"s inventions are equally ingenious and economical : they bid fair to be of very general Utility ; as both the mill and bolter njay be c•on^>truded at a BjyUerate hQ. S.— VOt. lU. M I L [209 expence, and occupy only a small space of ground. The former may even be worked in a public kit- chen, or within a room in a tarm- house, without occasioning any great incumbrance. The particular excellence of the mill consists in this circumstance, that, from the verdcal position of its stones, it may be put in adioa without die intervention of cogs ot wheels. It may be employed ia the grinding of malt, the bruising of oats for horses, and for mak- ing flour, or for all these pur- poses : it may likewise be easily altered, so as to grind either of those articles to a greater or lesi degree of fineness. Another advantage peculiar to Mr. Ru stall's contrivance is, that one man is sufficient to work itj though, if two persons, nam^ely, ^ man and a boy, be employed, they will be able to produce, in the course of two hours, a quantiiy of flour sutficient to serve a family, consisting of six or eight persons, tor a whole week: — repeated satis-- iaftory trials have proved, lliat this mill grinds the corn completely, and at tlie rate of one bushel of. wheat widiin the hour. — Besides, tiie industrious farmer will thus b« cjiabkcl to make comparative-expe;- riments, on the quahty of his grain', and may furnish himself, at a triRing expence, with flour from hi? own wheat] without apprehending any adulteradouj or without being exposed to the impositions, or caprice, of fraudulent and ava^ ricious millers. Lastly, though Mr. R.'s bolter be more particularly calculated for sifung flour, it may also be applied to various odier useful purposes, and esjKcially with a view to ob-> viatetncJHcoxiyciueaciesnecessariiy f attendant