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  • 1860-07-21 Gardeners Chronicle - Shanks Advertisement

    THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE

    SHANKS' NEW PATENT LAWN MOWING, ROLLING, COLLECTING, AND DELIVERING MACHINE FOR 1860

    MOWS the GRASS WET or DRY, ON LAWNS UNEVEN or OTHERWISE,

    In a MUCH NEATER MANNER than the SCYTHE, and at HALF the EXPENSE.

    NEW PATENT hand MACHINE FOR 1860
    PRICES

    SHANKS' NEW PATENT HORSE MACHINE.

    Including Box of Tools for Sharpening. &c. and Directions.

    Width of Cutter     Width of Cutter    
    No. 1 - 48-inch Machine £28 0 0 Drawn by a Horse No. 3 - 36-inch Machine £22 0 0 Drawn by a Horse
    No. 2 - 42-inch Machine £26 0 0 " No. 4 - 30-inch Machine £19 0 0 Drawn by a Horse or a strong Pony

     

     

     

     

     

    SHANKS' PATENT PONY AND DONKEY MACHINES. 

    Including Box of Tools for Sharpening, &c., and Directions. 

    No. 5 - 30-inch Machine £15 15 0 Drawn by a Pony No. 6 - 28-inch Machine £14 10 0 Drawn by a Pony No. 7 - 25-inch Machine £12 10 0 Drawn by a Donkey

     

     

     

     

    SHANKS' NEW PATENT HAND MACHINES. FOR PUSHING OR DRAWING SEPARATELY OR TOGETHER.

    Including Box of Tools for Sharpening. &c., and Directions

    No. 8 - 24-inch Machine £8 17 6 Easily worked by Two Men No. 10 - 19-inch Machine £7 12 6 Easily worked by a Man and Boy
    No. 9 - 22-inch Machine £8 7 6 " No. 11 - 16-inch Machine £6 17 6 Easily worked by a Man
    No. 12 - 13-inch Machine £6 2 6 Easily worked by a Boy  

     

     

     

     

     

    The Patent Delivering Apparatus if attached to the Hand Machines, and they are strongly recommended to be so, 20s. extra. 

    SHANKS' PATENT HAND MACHINE, FOR DRAWING ONLY. 

    Including Box of Tools for Sharpening. &c.. and Directions. 

    No. 13 - 22-inch Machine £7 6 0 Easily worked by a Man and Boy No. 14 - 19-inch Machine £6 15 0 Easily worked by a Man and Boy
    No. 15 - 16-inch Machine £6 5 0 Easily worked by a Man  

     

     

     

     

    The SHANKS' NEW PATENT MACHINE for 1860 has just been awarded the FIRST PRIZE SILVER medal of the Royal Dublin Society at their Exhibition of Horticultural Implements &c., held at Dublin last month.

    The Machines are warranted to give ample satisfaction, and if not approved of they may be at once returned. 

    The Prices include delivery at most of the Railway Stations throughout the Kingdom. 

    SOLE AGENTS FOR LONDON

    J. B. BROWN & CO., 18. CANNON STREET. CITY, LONDON, E.C.

    Publication
    Gardeners Chronicle
    Date
    Source
    BHL/Gardeners Chronicle/1860
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