1863-03-28 Gardeners Chronicle - Shanks Advertisement
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THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE SHANKS' NEW IMPROVED PATENT
MARCH 28, 1861
LAWN MOWING, ROLLING, COLLECTING, and DELIVERING MACHINE for 1863 WITH SILENT MOVEMENT IF SPECIALLY DESIRED. FURTHER AND IMPORTANT IMPROVEMENTS-PROTECTED BY LETTERS PATENT.THE FIRST PRIZE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION MEDAL AWARDED.
ARBROATH
NEW HORSE MACHINE.
ALEXANDER SHANKS & Sox are fully aware that one of the most important considerations in making a Machine fit to be put into the hands of a labourer, to work without any difficulty, is simplicity of construction and arrangement, combined with strength and durability of the whole working parts, and they have much pleasure in intimating that their efforts to attain this end have been completely successful. Their improved Machines for Horse and Pony power, combining with these advantages the additional one of Delivering the Grass without stopping the Machine, make them peticularly fit for all the purposes of Mowing, whether for Grass Walks, the Flower Garden, or the open Lawn. The style in which the work is excented by all the Machines, whether for Horse, Pony, or Hand Power, cannot be surpassed, and it is quite immaterial whether the Lawn be level or otherwise, or whether the Grass be wet or dry. An immense amount of labour is saved by using these Machines, while the constant section of the Rollers on the Turf greatly improves its appearance.
NEW HAND MACHINE.
SHANKS PATENT LAWN MOWERS are in daily use in the ROYAL GARDENS at KEW, WINDSOR, BUCKINGHAM PALACE, HAMPTON COURT, OSBORNE, and BALMORAL; in the GARDENS of the ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY at KENSINGTON; in the GROUNDS of the CRYSTAL PALACE COMPANY at SYDEN. HAM, and in many hundred a of the principal Gardens in the Kingdom, as well as Abroad, where their merits have been fully proved, and their success established.
12-INCH OR LADY'S MACHINE
A. SHANKS & Sox have also introduced into their NEW PATENT HAND MACHINE for 1863 important Improvements, which simplify it, and at the same time add to its efficiency. The whole Machine has been remodelled, and everything tending to increase friction carefully constructed to reduce the draught to the smallest possible amount. The Machines are admirably adapted to mow on uneven Lawns without injury to the Turf. They are fitted with loose Rollers for ease in turning; have Wheels properly guarded, so as to prevent injury to Plants or Flowers, and may be used on a verge, or close to a Flower-Bed, or on the open Lawn without any change of its rollers. The Grass Box is not shown in the above illustrations.
PRICES, including Carriage to most of the principal Railway Stations and Shipping Ports in the Kingdom.
| Width of Cutter | If With Patent Delivering Apparatus | |||||||
| No.1 | 48-inch Machine | .... | £28 | 0 | 0 | .... .... ..... | 40s | extra |
| No.2 | 42-inch Machine | ..... | £26 | 0 | 0 | ........ .... ..... | 40s | " |
| No.3 | 36-inch Machine | ..... | £22 | 0 | 0 | ........ .... ..... | 30s | " |
| No.4 | 30-inch Machine | .... | £19 | 0 | 0 | ........ .... ..... | 30s | " |
| Silent Movement, 20s extra; Boots For Horse's Feet, 24s per set. | ||||||||
| Width of Cutter | If With Patent Delivering Apparatus | |||||||
| No.5 | 30-inch Machine | .... | £15 | 15 | 0 | .... .... ..... | 30s | extra |
| No.6 | 28-inch Machine | ..... | £14 | 10 | 0 | ........ .... ..... | 30s | " |
| No.7 | 25inch Machine | ..... | £12 | 10 | 0 | ........ .... ..... | 25s | " |
| Silent Movement, 12s, 6d, | extra; | Boots | for | Pony | 21s per set; ditto for Donkey, 16s | per | set; |
SHANKS' NEW PATENT HAND MACHINE, for Pushing or Drawing Separately or Together.
| Width of Cutter | ||||||
| No.8 | 24-inch Machine | .... | £8 | 17 | 6 | Easily Worked by Two Men. |
| No.9 | 22-inch Machine | ..... | £8 | 7 | 6 | Easily Worked by Two Men. |
| No.10 | 19-inch Machine | ..... | £7 | 12 | 6 | Ditto by a Man and Boy. |
| Width of Cutter | ||||||
| No.11 | 16-inch Machine | .... | £8 | 17 | 6 | Easily Worked by a Man.. |
| No.12 | 13-inch Machine | ..... | £8 | 7 | 6 | Ditto ditto by a Boy.. |
SHANKS PATENT HAND MACHINE, for Drawing only.
Including Carriage to most of the principal Railway Stations and Shipping Ports in the Kingdom.
| Width of Cutter | |||||||
| No. 15 | 15-16 inch Machine | .... | ... | £6 | 5 | 0 | Easily Worked By A Man. |
No. 16-12-inch Machine, for pushing only, £5 5s. Easily worked by a Lady or a Boy; Silent Movement, 4. extra. *.* The Machines are warranted to give ample satisfaction, and if not approved of they may be at once returned.
PATENTEES AND SOLE MANUFACTURERS.
ALEXANDER SHANKS AND SON, DENS IRON WORKS, ARBROATH, N. B. LONDON OFFICE AND SHOW ROOMS: 27, LEADENHALL STREET, EC. A Stock of Machines kept at the London Depot, from which Orders can be at once executed,