DOI Artikel:
Berg, Gösta: The introduction of the winnowing-machine in Europe in the 18th century
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GOSTA BERG
Fig.j. Aquarelle sketch of a Chinese winnow-
ing-machine. From a manuscript of 1739 by the
supercargo Hans Teurloen. Kungl. Vetenskapsaka-
demien, Stockholm.
Aquarellskizze einer chinesischen Worfelmaschi-
ne. Aus einem Manuskript des Superkargos Hans
Teurloen aus dem Jahr 1739.
Lagerstrom, the commercial counsellor. It is unde-
niably one of the finest machines ever used by man
(Barchaeus 1923, 19 f.).
As an appendix to his diary, Barchaeus add-
ed a notarial certificate dated 1772, attesting
the correctness of a list of qualifications which
Hjortberg had drawn up and in which he says,
amongst other things, “I have designed and
fitted up a flour and grain mill driven by oxen,
for which I have also invented a tossing or
winnowing machine, which cleans the corn,
separates the rapid from the slow and the hulls
and the chaff from the grains, and divides
them into three kinds” (Barchaeus 1925, 120).
If Hjortberg really did bring home a winnow-
ing-fan or rather a model of one, he must, for
several reasons, have done so on his first voy-
age to Canton in 1748-9, a voyage which he
described in a diary which is still extant and of
which more later on.
Finally, as regards the assistance given by
the Swedish East India Company in introduc-
ing the winnowing-fan, it may be recalled that
William Chambers (1726-96), the famous
English furniture designer, depicts and de-
scribes the implement in his fundamental
work entitled: Designs of Chinese Buildings,
Furniture, Dresses, Machines and Utensils
(1757) (Chambers 1757, 13 f.). Chambers was
born in Gothenburg and employed by the
Company in his youth. He sailed as a super-
cargo on the Hope on its first voyage to Can-
ton in 1748-9.
The winnowing-fan in China. We may ask
how it was possible for supercargoes and
ships’ chaplains to gain an insight into Chinese
conditions and to get to know about the im-
plements they used. The difficulties appear
quite clearly in Hjortberg’s description of his
voyage in 1748-9 (KB 281^, Dagtafia, 4). He
writes as follows:
Fig. 4. Winnowing-machine after Chambers 1758.
Worfelmaschine nach: Chambers. 1758.
GOSTA BERG
Fig.j. Aquarelle sketch of a Chinese winnow-
ing-machine. From a manuscript of 1739 by the
supercargo Hans Teurloen. Kungl. Vetenskapsaka-
demien, Stockholm.
Aquarellskizze einer chinesischen Worfelmaschi-
ne. Aus einem Manuskript des Superkargos Hans
Teurloen aus dem Jahr 1739.
Lagerstrom, the commercial counsellor. It is unde-
niably one of the finest machines ever used by man
(Barchaeus 1923, 19 f.).
As an appendix to his diary, Barchaeus add-
ed a notarial certificate dated 1772, attesting
the correctness of a list of qualifications which
Hjortberg had drawn up and in which he says,
amongst other things, “I have designed and
fitted up a flour and grain mill driven by oxen,
for which I have also invented a tossing or
winnowing machine, which cleans the corn,
separates the rapid from the slow and the hulls
and the chaff from the grains, and divides
them into three kinds” (Barchaeus 1925, 120).
If Hjortberg really did bring home a winnow-
ing-fan or rather a model of one, he must, for
several reasons, have done so on his first voy-
age to Canton in 1748-9, a voyage which he
described in a diary which is still extant and of
which more later on.
Finally, as regards the assistance given by
the Swedish East India Company in introduc-
ing the winnowing-fan, it may be recalled that
William Chambers (1726-96), the famous
English furniture designer, depicts and de-
scribes the implement in his fundamental
work entitled: Designs of Chinese Buildings,
Furniture, Dresses, Machines and Utensils
(1757) (Chambers 1757, 13 f.). Chambers was
born in Gothenburg and employed by the
Company in his youth. He sailed as a super-
cargo on the Hope on its first voyage to Can-
ton in 1748-9.
The winnowing-fan in China. We may ask
how it was possible for supercargoes and
ships’ chaplains to gain an insight into Chinese
conditions and to get to know about the im-
plements they used. The difficulties appear
quite clearly in Hjortberg’s description of his
voyage in 1748-9 (KB 281^, Dagtafia, 4). He
writes as follows:
Fig. 4. Winnowing-machine after Chambers 1758.
Worfelmaschine nach: Chambers. 1758.