The English improver improved; or the survey of husbandry surveyed ... / [Walter Blith].

  • Walter Blith
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[1652]
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Credit: The English improver improved; or the survey of husbandry surveyed ... / [Walter Blith]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The Second General] Peece of Im- provement contains tbe difcourfe of facihtating the charge and burden of the Plough , and a demonflration of the Figures thereof. | CHAP. XXVITI. Difcovers the feverall Abufes of the | Plough. <i Efore J proceed in this difcourfe, I will lay SS downthefe two or three Maximser Conclu- P< d% fions. 7 3 SIRO IN Firft, chat whatever moveth upon the Land , SSD orthat worketh in the Land, and carriethr the leaft earth or weight with ic, muft needs move or work eafi- eft, A wheel the leffer ground it {tands upon, the eafier it turns, and the leffer the wheel theeafier ftill ; {o the Plough, the more earth or weight it carries wich it, the more ftrength mutt be required. The natiirall furrow ic muft carry, but the leffer compafs both in height and length it bears upon. the Plough, the eafier the Plough muft go. Secondly , the'more naturally any thing moves, the more eafily, andthe more Artificially, the more diff- culcly. : Bye : Thirdly, the fharper or thinner 18 any tool, the eafier it pierceth, and the lefs ftrength is required ; fo contrary, the
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