1862 London Exhibition: Catalogue: Class IX.: William Newzam Nicholson
2158. NICHOLSON, WILLIAM NEWZAM, Trent Iron Works, Newark.
Hay machines, horse rakes, oil-cake crushers, sack lifters, garden rollers, etc.
Obtained two Prize Medals at the Exhibition of 1851.
W. N. Nicholson's factory is situated on the river Trent, by which there is communication to the iron and coal districts of Staffordshire, Derbyshire, and Yorkshire, and with the great shipping ports of Hull, Gainsborough, etc. The Great Northern and Midland Railways intersect at Newark, the latter line adjoining his Works; and by both these important lines there is direct access to the iron and coal districts, as well as to the ports of London, Liverpool, Hull, Bristol, &c. so that goods are forwarded to every part of England and Scotland on all narrow gauge lines without unloading.
1. NICHOLSON'S PATENT HAYMAKING MACHINE, with patent tubular iron shafts, and wire screen for protecting the horse from the hay in windy weather, and other recent improvements.
To this machine has been awarded the first prize of £4 by the Royal Agricultural Society at the great quadrennial trial of this class of machines at Salisbury, in 1857, and another prize of £4 at the Leeds trial in 1861, besides numerous other first prizes in England, France, Ireland, etc.
Several varieties are made, having the double action and reverse motion, as the one exhibited. The ordinary 1-horse machine, price £15; a stronger machine, suitable for water-meadows and uneven lands, at £16. A 2-horse machine, easy to work in the heaviest crops with a pair of light horses, having the forks divided into 4 sets; and a similar 1-horse machine.
W. N. Nicholson has also just introduced a new cheap 1-horse hay machine without the reverse motion, price only £10.
All these are usually made with the patent tubular iron horse-shafts, but can be had with wood shafts, or for the Continent or colonies, with pole for pair of horses or oxen.
2. NICHOLSON'S PATENT HORSE RAKE, with seat, having patent tubular iron shafts and frame, and wrought-iron wheels. Several varieties of this labour-saving implement are made both with and without the seat, at prices varying from £7 10s. to £12-0
The absence of wood in their construction is of great importance, as it ensures strength and durability with lightness, as the tubular iron shafts are not liable to rot, decay, or breakage as those made of wood. The carrying wheels being of wrought-iron, cannot be broken as the ordinary cast-iron wheels. The addition of the seat is an important improvement, saving nearly one-half the labour in using, whilst the general construction and performance of the rake is not excelled by any.
3. NICHOLSON'S PATENT OIL-CAKE BREAKER. Six first prizes have been received from the Royal Agricultural Society by W. N. Nicholson for this class of machine. The method of driving the breaking rollers so as to obtain great variation in the sizes broken, is contrived in a most simple and effective manner, and it has met with the approval of the first mechanicians. The frames are made of iron in one piece, ensuring remarkable strength and firmness. They are made either with one or two pairs of crushing rollers, according to the purpose for which they are required. Prices from £3 10s. to £10 10s.
4. NICHOLSON'S REGISTERED SACK-RAISING BARROW by a simple arrangement allows a man to raise a filled sack the proper height for taking on the back, thereby enabling 1 man to do the work for which 3 are usually required. Two sizes are made at £2 10s. and £3 10s., the larger one being also available for merchandise in bales, or other packages.
5. NICHOLSON'S IMPROVED WINNOWING MACHINES are made in 4 varieties, for large and small occupations. They are unequalled in simplicity and efficiency, and for the excellent sample they are capable of producing. A corn-elevating apparatus can be had with them, by which the clean corn is lifted into the sack without extra labour.
6. NICHOLSON'S PATENT DOUBLE-CYLINDER GARDEN ROLLER is the most perfect and effective instrument of its class, and being finished by machinery, is less liable to disarrangement than any. It is used with less labour, and can be turned round without injuring either grass or gravel.
Full particulars and catalogues of W. N. Nicholson's various inventions and manufactures, including stoves, etc. shown in Class 31, may be had free on application.