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Timeline Stories for 1855

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Shanks Patent No 1147 Improvements In Mowing Machines
Patent No. 1147 - Dated 21st May - Sealed 16th November 1855 - James Shanks of Arbroath "Improvements In Mowing Machines."
Thomas Green - Registered Design No 3739
1855-07-24 - Thomas Green - Registered Design No. 3739 - "A Design For The Shape Or Configuration Of A "Budding's" Mowing Machine - Registered 24th July 1855
Shanks Lawnmower Patent No 1147 Described in Practical Mechanics Journal
1855-03-01 The Practical Mechanics Journal - Shanks Patent No.1147 - March 1855
Paris Universal Exhibition - Ransomes
1855 Ransomes & Sims Ipswich advertisement at the Paris Universal Exhibition 1855
Paris Universal Exhibition - Shanks
May to November 1855 The Paris Universal Exhibition - Shanks Lawnmowers shown by William Dray.
Second Hand Budding Mower for Sale
1855-07-14 Second hand Budding's Mower for sale - 14th July 1855
Boyd's Scythe Advertisement in Gardeners Chronicle
1855-04-28 Boyd's Scythe - 28th April 1858
Ferrabee Advertisement in Gardeners Chronicle
1855-05-19 J & H Ferrabee advertisement - 19th May 1855
Ferrabee Advertisement in Gardeners Chronicle
1855-06-02 J & H Ferrabee advertisement - 2nd June 1855
Ferrabee Advertisement in Gardeners Chronicle
James & Henry Ferrabee partnersship at The Phoenix Ironworks is dissolved on the 10th November 1855
Ferrabee Advertisement in Gardeners Chronicle
1855-04-14 J & H Ferrabee advertisement - 14th April 1855
Ferrabee Advertisement in Gardeners Chronicle
1855-04-21 J & H Ferrabee advertisement - 21st April 1855
Ferrabee Advertisement in Gardeners Chronicle
1855-04-28 J & H Ferrabee Advertisement
Ferrabee Advertisement in Gardeners Chronicle
1855-05-05 J & H Ferrabee advertisement - 5th May 1855
Greens Advertisement in Gardeners Chronicle
Article by Joshua Major in The Gardeners Chronicle - concerning Green's Mowers and mowers of "The old type" - 4th August 1855
Samuelson Advertisement in Gardeners Chronicle
1855-04-21 Samuelson & Co. advertisement - 21st April 1855
Samuelson Advertisement in Gardeners Chronicle
1855-07-14 Samuelson & Co. advertisement - 14th July 1845
Samuelson Advertisement in Gardeners Chronicle
1855-05-19 Samuelson & Co. advertisement - 19th May 1855
Samuelson Advertisement in Gardeners Chronicle
1855-05-05 Samuelson & Co. advertisement - 5th May 1855
Shanks Advertisement in Gardeners Chronicle
1855-04-14 Shanks advertisement - 14th April 1855
Shanks Advertisement in Gardeners Chronicle
1855-07-14 Shanks advertisement - 14th July 1855
Shanks Advertisement in Gardeners Chronicle
1855-05-19 Shanks advertisement - 19th May 1855
Shanks Advertisement in Gardeners Chronicle
1855-07-14 Shanks advertisement - 14th July 1855
Shanks Advertisement in Gardeners Chronicle
1855-05-05 Shanks advertisement - 5th May 1855
Shanks Advertisement in Gardeners Chronicle
1855-04-28 Shanks advertisement - 28th April 1855
Thomas Green Registered Design No 3739
1855-07-24 Thomas Green had registered Design No. 3739 to make "Budding's" Mowers - 24th July 1855
More Curiosity in the USA
1855-01-01 The Horticulturalist - Hartford Subscriber
J & H Ferrabee Nameplate on Rotary Fulling Mill
J & H Ferrabee nameplate on Rotary Fulling Mill at Dunkirk Mill, Nailsworth
Surviving Ferrabee Rotary Fulling Machine
James & Henry Ferrabee's Fulling Machine at Dunkirk Mill, Nailsworth
Surviving Ferrabee Waterwheels at Dunkirk Mill
One of 4 surviving water wheels at Dunkirk Mill, Nailsworth, Gloucestershire - two of which are attributed to James Ferrabee of Pheonix Ironworks C. 1855
Two Surviving Ferrabee Rotary Fulling Mills
J & H Ferrabee Rotary Fulling Mill at Dunkirk Mill, Nailsworth