John Bailey (farmer)

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John Bailey (* 1750 ; † 1819 ) was a Scottish farmer. Towards the end of the 18th century he built the first plow based on mathematical principles, which was also introduced in Germany by Albrecht Daniel Thaer . His writing The Best Possible Plow from 1805 was one of the main foundations of agricultural mechanics in the 19th century.

Works

John Bailey: The best possible plow, based on experience and mathematical principles . Realschulbuchh., Berlin 1805, online in the Internet Archive (original title: An essay on the construction of the plow, deduced from mathematical principles and experiments ).

personal data
SURNAME Bailey, John
BRIEF DESCRIPTION scottish farmer
DATE OF BIRTH 1750
DATE OF DEATH 1819