John Fowler (inventor)
John Fowler (born July 11, 1826 in Melksham , Wiltshire , † December 4, 1864 in Ackworth , Yorkshire ) was an English inventor and engineer.
Life
Fowler studied engineering at Middlesbrough -on-Tees. Around 1850 he invented a drainage system .
In 1852 Fowler began trying to use the steam engine in agriculture, and in 1858 the Royal Agricultural Society awarded him £ 500 for a steam plow that it had advertised as an economic replacement for a plow or spade .
In 1862 Fowler founded Fowler & Co. in Hunslet , Leeds , a manufacturer u. a. of agricultural machinery and locomobiles .
With Fowler's two-machine system , the plow, crumbler or harrow is pulled back and forth on a wire rope between two alternating " plow locomotives ".
Individual evidence
- ↑ John Fowler. In: Encyclopædia Britannica . Retrieved April 18, 2019 .
- ↑ Fowler, John . In: Encyclopædia Britannica . 11th edition. tape 10 : Evangelical Church - Francis Joseph I . London 1910, p. 760 (English, full text [ Wikisource ]).
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SURNAME | Fowler, John |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English inventor and engineer |
DATE OF BIRTH | July 11, 1826 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Melksham , Wiltshire |
DATE OF DEATH | 4th December 1864 |
Place of death | Ackworth , Yorkshire |