1851 Great Exhibition: Official Catalogue: Class IX.: William Rothwell Lomax
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275. LOMAX, WILLIAM ROTHWELL, Birmingham - Inventor and Patentee.
Patent chaff-cutter. The novelty of this machine consists in the position of the shaft or axis upon which the knives are fastened; this being within the range of the long way of the mouth-piece, gives the knives about six times the usual amount of draught, and causes them to cut, instead of chopping. The weight of the fly-wheel is directly upon the stuff, which reduces the friction upon the bearing, and renders the cut lighter. The shaft has a bearing on both sides of the knives, so that they cut clear.
Patent turnip-cutter.
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