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The Kentucky Gazette
Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky
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Mr. Henry Harboth, an ingenious mechanic from Baltimore, exhibited three miniature inventions to members of Congress: a one-man grain-cutting machine capable of 5 acres per day, a dock-clearing machine, and a horse- or water-powered threshing machine with 66 flails equaling 40 men's output. He petitioned for exclusive manufacturing and vending rights, likely to be granted.
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We are informed that Mr. Henry Harboth, an ingenious mechanic from Baltimore, exhibited to the inspection of many of the members of both houses of Congress, three new invented machines for the following purposes, viz:
I. A machine for cutting grain; this is fixed on two wheels, and is to be set in motion by one man, who it is said will be able to cut 5 acres of wheat per day.
2. A machine for clearing docks, &c. on different principles from any ever yet invented.
3. A machine for threshing grain; this is to be set in motion by a horse, or by water as most convenient. It consists of a threshing floor and sixty six flails, and it is thought, on a moderate computation will thresh as much as forty men in the ordinary way.
The specimens above mentioned are only in miniature; it is therefore impossible to ascertain the real value of the discovery; but many persons of judgment conclude that each machine may be of great utility.
The inventor has petitioned Congress for an exclusive privilege of making and vending the said machines, which will undoubtedly be granted.
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petition for exclusive privilege of making and vending the machines will undoubtedly be granted; machines shown in miniature with potential great utility.
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Mr. Henry Harboth exhibited three new invented machines to members of Congress: 1. A machine for cutting grain, fixed on two wheels, operated by one man to cut 5 acres of wheat per day. 2. A machine for clearing docks on different principles. 3. A machine for threshing grain, powered by horse or water, consisting of a threshing floor and sixty-six flails, thought to thresh as much as forty men ordinarily.