1839 Civil Engineer and Architects Journal - Groom's Mowing Machine

MOWING MACHINE-An ingenious carpenter at Ingatestone, named Groom, is engaged in the construction of a machine for mowing meadows, &c. to which he has long directed his attention; and our informant, who has seen the model, states that hopes may be entertained of a successful application of the princi- ple. It is to be driven by hand, in the same way as Budding's machine for mowing lawns, but will work as well through valleys as on level ground; and he calculates that it will cut as wide a breadth in a day as seven or eight ordi- nary labourers. The work is performed by two or three sets of revolving scythes or knives, put in motion, our correspondent adds, by a somewhat complicated machinery.-Essex Herald.