T h e falfe Beams fourteen or fifteen Feet long, about
thirteen or fourteen Inches broad, nine Inches thick at the
bottom, and fix at the Top-, thefe ought to be planed to
the Size of the Keys, to fupport the main Beams.
T h e crofs Piece of the falfe Beams fix Feet long, four
Inches broad, and nine or ten thick.
T h e Keys of the Beams, to the Dire&ion of the Worm*
five Feet and an half long, eight Inches thick towards the
H e a d ; but reduc'd to half the Size in the remaining
Length.
T h e Pegs of the Keys fourteen Inches long,, about five
broad, and at lead one and an half thick.
T h e two crofs Timbers of the falfe Beams about eight
Feet long, four or five Inches thick, and the fame Breadth
•of the falfe Beams.
T h e two other crofs Timbers of the falfe Beams nine
Feet long, and about eight Inches thick.
T h e Polls fix Feet long, and about eight or nine Inches
thick.
T h e Pieces of Maye, which are at the Bafon, twelve
Feet long, about nine or ten Inches broad, and fix thick.
T h e great crofs Timbers, put as a Band between the
falfe Beams, fix or feven Inches thick.
T h e two Blocks fourteen Feet long each; about fixteen
Inches thick at the Head, and twelve at the Bottom.
T h e Screw fifteen Inches at the Bottom before it is
fquar'd, thirteen Inches, according to the Foot of the
Screw which forms the fpiral Line, and twelve Feet long.
T h e Wheel, ten Feet Diameter, with Spokes of four
Inches Thicknefs, the fame as the Ribs, upon which are
wooden Pegs for four or five Inches high, and one Dia­
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meter, admitting eight or nine Men in the Circumference
of the Wheel.
T h e N u t of the-Prefs fix Feet long* two Feet broad*
and fourteen Inches thick; which ought to be crefled with
Iron.
T h e frofs Piece of the Cheeks fix Feet long, about a
Foot thick, and of the fame Breadth as the T o p of the
Cheeks.
T h e Spurs, which are plac'd under the Spindle, be­
tween the two Cheeks, fhould be of the fame Breadth as
the Cheeks, and thirteen or fourteen Inches thick.
T h e Girders, which ought to embrace the T o p of the
Cheeks, mufl be two Inches higher than the Under-part
of the Spurs, one Foot broad, and about five Inches
thick. .
T h e Spindle two Feet high, and twelve or fourteen
Inches thick: this is plac'd between the Spurs and the
crofs Piece, and crofTes the Cheeks and the Spindle with
a Key, which ought to be work'd very exact.; for there it
is the whole Force of the Prefs refides.
T h e Quoins two Feet long, about nine or ten Inches
broad, and fix or feven thick.
T h e Frame, in the framed Prefs, ten Feet long or deep,
and four Feet nine Inches fquare, with four Fronts.
T h e Nave, eight Feet and an half long, about five
Inches thick one W a y , and fix the other.
All thefe Timbers fhould be Oak, except the Screw,
which mould be Elm, which will laft longer ; and the
Spindle fhould be of Walnut. One may make the m o d
Part of thefe Timbers longer or fhorter^ according to the
Size of the W o o d made ufe of.
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the befcription of a flight
framed
"Prefs,
$ h k Sort of Prefs is much lefs chargeable than the
bthers; and it alfo preffes a much lefs Quantity of W i n e ;
but it is nevertheless of great Ufe for private Perfons, who
have no great Vintage., where this will be fufficient; for
it will make eight or ten Pieces of Wine at each T u n ­
ning.
, T h e Conftruclion of this flight Prefs is much the fame
with that of the other Preffes; but I fhall explain wherein
they differ.
T h e Pit which is made in the Earth, ought to be four
Feet deep, fourteen broad, and eighteen long, more or
lefs, according to the Size of the intended Prefs. They
make three little Walls of Free-flone crofs the Prefs, which
occupies the Bottom of the Square of the Bafon ; they
make the Walls in the Middle two Feet, and thofe on the
Sides two and an half thick ; an Opening mufl be left in
the Middle of each of the Side-walls, about twenty Inches
fquare, to place the two Cheeks one oppofite to the other
on each Side of the Bafon, which fhould incline an Inch
and an half towards the Bafon: thefe mufl be fquar'd and
plan'd on three Sides, from the T o p of the Sailings; but
the T o p fhould remain rough. In thefe Sides, which are
towards the Bafon, they make a Notch at the Height of
two Feet arid an half from the Bafon, three Inches broad,
four Inches deep, and two Feet high in afcending towards
the Head.
They place the falfe Stillings upon the middle W a l l ;
and upon each of the other they place two Piles, which
embrace the Cheeks, and are join'd to them by fquare
Supporters and Dove-tails. In croffing the Piles and the
falfe Stillings, they put the four Stillings in Notches, as
in the other Preffes: thofe of the Middle embrace the
Cheeks, and are join'd to them as the Piles are, and fhould
extend beyond the Piles, which are behind the Cheeks
eight or nine Inches: the T o p of the Stillings ought to be
notched an Inch and an half, fit to receive the Piles to
keep the Whole together; then they put upon thefe the
Pieces of Maye, which they clofe, as hath been already
faid ; and the Bafon is the fame with the other Preffes.
T h e Spindle of the Screw ought to be feven or eight
Inches longer than the Back of the Cheeks, and embrace
them in their thickefl Parts; this is plac'd upon them,
and fupported upon the Keys, which crofs the Cheeks,
by Nails: this mufl be flay'd behind the Cheeks with a
Key, and in front with four iron Bars, making a Square
of a Foot and an half, bored at the four Corners with Pins
and Nails four or five Inches long towards the Screw-tap.
Upon the Spindle they lay Planks of the fame Length,
which