1862 London Exhibition: Catalogue: Class IX.: A. Shanks and Son
2182. SHANKS, A., and SON, Arbroath; Sole Agents for London, J. B. BROWN and Co., 18 Cannon Street, City.
Improved lawn mowers.
SHANK'S NEW PATENT LAWN MOWING, ROLLING, COLLECTING, AND DELIVERING MACHINE for 1862. (With silent motion if specially desired.)
SHANK'S NEW HAND MACHINE mows the grass wet or dry, on lawns uneven or otherwise, in a much neater manner than the scythe, and at half the expense.
The exhibitors, in introducing their patent lawn mowers to the public for this season, do so with that confidence in their merits and superiority which the eminently successful result of their long and continued efforts to improve fully entitle them to have. The effect of the improvements of previous years has been so much appreciated by the practical gardener, that a large and steady increase in the number of machines sold has every year taken place, every one of which, so far as known, has given the greatest satisfaction. Further improvements have been introduced into the machines for this season, to which reference is respectfully made.
The patentees have brought out an entirely new hand machine, which combines, in addition to the improvements of last year's machine, other improvements of importance, with a new and tasteful design, which has been duly protected by registration. The new models have been produced without regard to expense, and the patentees have been particularly careful in observing that all the parts possess sufficient strength and firmness to enable them to stand satisfactorily the tear and wear of out-door work, and the rather rough handling these machines are sometimes subject to from the labourer unskilled in machinery. A. S. and Son are gratified in being able to offer to the public a machine, which is not only a graceful ornament to the flower garden, but the most perfect and the most easily worked lawn mower that has ever been in use. The cutter (the most important part of the machine) is this season still further strengthened. The bearings, and everything tending to increase friction, and consequently the draught, are carefully constructed to reduce the friction to the smallest possible amount. The whole of the machines (horse, pony, and hand sizes) are fitted with care and precision, and possess the great advantages of ability to mow on uneven lawns without injury to the turf, of having loose rollers for ease in turning, of having wheels properly guarded, and so placed as to give an equal balance to either side of the machine. No change of rollers is necessary in mowing a verge or close to a flower bed.
The patentees feel convinced that the advantages possessed by their new machine over all others of its class will ultimately lead to its being the only, or almost the only, lawn mower in practical use.
Prices :-
SHANKS' PATENT HORSE MACHINE.
- No. 1. Width of cutter, 48 in. £28.
- No. 2. ditto 42 in. £26.
- No. 3. ditto 36 in. £22. Drawn by a horse.
- No. 4. Width of cutter, 30 in. £19. Drawn by a horse or strong pony.
Patent delivering apparatus for Nos. 1 and 2, extra £2; for Nos. 3 and 4, extra £1 10s.; silent movement, extra £1, boots for horses' feet, per set, £1 4s.
SHANKS' PATENT PONY AND DONKEY MACHINE.
- No. 5. Width of cutter, 30 in. £15-15s.
- No. 6. ditto 28 in. £14-10s. Drawn by a pony.
- No. 7. Width of cutter, 25 in. £12-10s. Drawn by a donkey.
Patent delivering apparatus for Nos. 5 and 6, extra £1 10s.; for No. 7, extra £1 5s. Silent movement, extra 12/6; boots for pony, per set £1-1s.; boots for donkey, per set 16/0.
SHANKS' NEW PATENT HAND MACHINE, for pushing or drawing, separately or together.
- No. 8. Width of cutter, 24 in. £9-0-0
- No. 9. ditto 22 in. £8-7-6 Easily worked by 2 men.
- No. 10. Width of cutter, 19 in. £7-12-6 Easily worked by a man and a boy.
- No. 11. Width of cutter, 16 in. £6-17-6 Easily worked by a man.
- No. 12. Width of cutter, 13 in. £6-2-6 Easily worked by a boy.
Patent: delivering apparatus, if attached to the hand machine, extra, £1-5s.-6d.; Silent movement, extra, 7/0.
SHANKS' NEW PATENT SMALL HAND MACHINE for 1862 is made on the same elaborate and graceful model as their other new hand machine, and is specially intended to be used by ladies and gentlemen for recreation or amusement in the flower garden, and for small gardens where no regular gardener is kept.
The machine is fitted with one roller which is fixed to the shaft, and is so light and easily worked that no draw-rod is necessary. No person having a lawn, however small, should be without one of these useful machines. Nothing looks better in a garden than well-kept grass, and it is not possible to keep the grass well without a machine. The patentees particularly wish it to lie borne in mind that these machines are not like toys, more for ornament than use. They are constructed to stand the tear and wear of many years; so that in point of economy, as well as in beauty of work, the mowing machine is unquestionably a most useful horticultural invention.
SHANKS' NEW PATENT SMALL HAND MACHINE for pushing only.
Prices :-
- No. 16. Width of cutter, 16 in. £6-5
- No. 17. ditto 14 in. £5-15
- No. 18. ditto 12 in. £5-5 Easily worked by a boy.
- Silent movement, extra 4/0.
The above are net cash prices, and include carriage to most of the principal railway stations and shipping ports in the Kingdom.
The first practical gardeners of the day who have devoted their attention to examining all the different lawn mowers, do not hesitate in recommending Shanks' machine as the best mower for general use.
The patentees have had the honour of supplying their patent mowing and rolling machine to Her Majesty, for the Royal gardens at Kew, Windsor, Buckingham Palace, Hampton Court, Osborne, and Balmoral; to His Majesty the Emperor of the French; His Royal Highness the Prince of Prussia; His Excellency the Belgian Minister; the Right Hon. Lord Palmerston; His Grace the Duke of Bedford; His Grace the Duke of Sutherland; His Grace the Duke of Buccleuch; and to most of the principal nobility and gentry in the Kingdom. Their machines are also in operation in many of the botanic, and in many hundreds of other gardens in the Kingdom, as well as in almost every country throughout the world, where their merits have been fully proved, and their success established.
The machines are warranted to give ample satisfaction, and if not approved of they may be at once returned.
Sole agents for London, J. B. Brown & Co. 18 Cannon Street, City.