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2. Rowing wheels. A wheel turned by a winch,
with a fly-wheel to equalize the motion: the circle
described by the hand in turning the winch, no greater
than what the hand of a man can be made to
describe while he sits. A bench for the workman
to sit at on while he turns, as a waterman does
while he rows: with a stretcher, such as a waterman
has, for his feet to push against. When tired of
working, standing on his feet in the ordinary way, a man might
thus sit and work in the way of rowing: he might
work between standing and sitting, and work with
more or less effect according as he hung most by
his hands or supported himself most by is feet.
He might thus at each round exert a force even
greater than that of the weight of his body, or a force
in any degree less: the motion of the main wheel
being still rendered kept equable by the fly-wheel notwithstanding
all these disparities. Seating himself
between two such machines, a man might work
one of them with his left hand, while he worked
another with his right: acting as a waterman
does in sculling. Working in equal with a partner, sitting
opposite, each might rest, his back reposing against
a rail behind him, while the other worked his wheel:
both wheels going on, without stopping or slackening, all
the while⊞ ⊞ Two men sitting
opposite, each with
a wheel to his right
the axises of the
wheels being in a
line, might relieve
each other, each taking
the others while in
addition to his own:
each having a rail
behind him to repose
himself against, when
not at work. A child tat could but just go alone,
could work at a machine of this sort adapted to its size:
the number of the turns made by the wheel would and
measure the quantity of the work.

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Date_1		Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	149	Main Headings	poor law
Folio number	078	Info in main headings field	heads
Image	001	Titles
Category	text sheet	Number of Pages	1
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	d4
Penner	jeremy bentham	Watermarks	j whatman
Marginals		Paper Producer	admiral pavel chichagov
Corrections		Paper Produced in Year
Notes public		ID Number	49932
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