1851 Great Exhibition: Official Catalogue: Class IX.: Thomas, John and Robert Reeves
108. REEVES, THOMAS, ROBERT, and JOHN, Bratton, Westbury, Wilts — Manufacturers.
Patent liquid manure-distributing cart. The liquid is distributed by means of revolving troughs, which throws it on two sloping boards or aprons, whence it falls on the land in a thin or thick sheet, as may be required; the cistern may also be turned up to empty itself, by turning a handle.
Patent liquid manure drop-drill; it works on the same principle as the preceding, by means of a succession of small buckets, which throws the liquid into tubes, into which the seed is conveyed from a seed-box. It drills the seed and liquid, either at intervals or continuous, as may be required.
These machines were invented by Mr. Thomas Chandler Aldbourne, Hungerford, Berks; and were improved and manufactured by the exhibitor.