Sheep-Shearing with Machine-Shears.

Scarcec.19th hand coloured engraving of a shearing shed, with shearers using Frederick York Wolseley mechanical-shears.

Wolseley invented a method of using a power source away from the shearer’s hand. The first power source was a horse gin connected by belt and pulley and a carefully designed driveshaft to a handpiece held by the shearer. It was later replaced by stationary engines.