The gardener's magazine and register of rural & domestic improvement (1826)
Loudon, J. C. (John Claudius), 1783-1843, A. & R. Spottiswoode, printer, United States. Patent Office. Scientific Library, former owner DSI · London : Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown and Green · leaf 48
scraper,which is curved so as to form a portion of a cylinder, having its lower edgebearing on the surface of the roller. The speed with which the machine is pushed forward when at work is General Notices. 35 not material, because the number of cuts will always be in the same ratiowith the space… … serves, to employ the machine when the grass or vegetable surface isdry; and when high grass is to be cut, it is best to shear it twice over; forwhich purpose, there is a simple contrivance for raising, or lowering, andadjusting the cutting parts of the machine. Grass growing in the shade,and too…
