[Jtjite, 
AMERICAK AaRICULTIJRIST. 
1877.] 
NEW DEPARTUEE 
Mowing and Reaping Machinery. 
THE FIAEST ME- 
CHANISM FOR 
DRIVING THE 
KNIFE EVER 
CONCEIVED. 
NOISELESS, 
DURABLE, 
and NOVEL. 
HAS BEEN THOR- 
OUGHLY TESTED. 
This MOVEMENT possesses more strenjrtU and Onrnbilit)- than any of the hest svstems of ^caring 
heretofore ill use for this purpose, and dOes away ^vith nearly all the nOise ^"^^ friCtion cuinnum 
thereto: the direct results being extreme lightness of draft, a^ti greatly increased 
cutting power. 
Eead tlie Testimony of the two leading Agricultural Papers of the World, 
From ail ELditorial in the American Agricnlturist for 3Iay, 1877. 
"The most surprising" thinsr we h.ive rccentlv seen in tlie w.-iv of :ig-iiculrnral iiincliinerv. was aniower shown at tlie 
Centenni.vl Kxliibitioii last year, wor Icing admir;iblv wiihout anv"visibie 2:('ariJl^^ Indeed, orieniishc very well say thsit the 
machine was wiihouE gearing; for on clo^e exiunination a siiiErle miir ot' cog-wlieels only wms foniul. snugly hidden nnd en- 
en^ed in a tiglit box. Tliis machine wjis fitvorablv referred to in onr reports at tlie time. «»(i *( perf^ouni trial of it since 
then i?i the field. ouU/ ionfirmeil our ?ng7i npinioil of it. ♦ * « Tiie Icnite will woik in any position, and may be adjui-ted 
while in opViation to cut low or high ; to t:ike up lodged Imy or irrain ; to pass over stumps, --toiies. or otlit-r oiistructions, 
by raising either or both ends horn one inch to a foot ; or ihe'bar mav he lifted up to piss a. tree, or for anv other purpose. 
There is no pitman to become entangled with gratis, or to jar or id waste power in noisv operation. ^\ e find tlntc tlif^ 
peculiar movement referred to, and which may be used for other mowers and machiues, works' in a most satisfactory maimer." 
From an Kclitorial in Tlie Ficlil, S^ii^^Iand, Aagnst 5tli, 1S76. 
" The creat merit of this arrangement is simpllciry and etlicieucv. Thn gimbal joint movement is extremely pretty and 
has the advantage over ordinary gt-aring. that quite twice as many teeth are simnltaneonsly engaged, thus; (Ustributing the 
wear over a large surface, reducing friction. &c. With sulIi economical airangements we were not snrpriseit lo find iiie 
draught on the dynamometer exceedingly light." 
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