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Tractors : 1880s To 1980s by Nick Baldwin (2010, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherBloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN-10074780754X
ISBN-139780747807544
eBay Product ID (ePID)8038746258
Product Key Features
Book TitleTractors : 1880s to 1980s
Number of Pages64 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicAgriculture / General
Publication Year2010
IllustratorYes
GenreTechnology & Engineering
AuthorNick Baldwin
Book SeriesShire Library
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.1 in
Item Weight5.3 Oz
Item Length8.3 in
Item Width6.1 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
Dewey Edition22
Series Volume Number577
Dewey Decimal629.22409
Table Of ContentEarly Tractors /A Vital Replacement for Horses /Developments Between the World Wars /Evolution in the 1940s and 1950s /Growing Power and Complexity /Further Reading /Places to Visit /Index
SynopsisSteam, and then cumbersome motor, tractors existed in small numbers before 1914, after which the need to produce more foods using less horse and man power saw the origins of the machine we know today. Thanks to mass production, Ford brought the price down to suit average farmers, and in the 1920s to 1940s numerous rivals brought in such novelties as diesel engines, pneumatic tyres, hydraulic implement lifts and even cost-effective all-wheel drive and weather protection. After the Second World-War, a strong new indigenous tractor industry was led by Ferguson, David Brown, Nuffield and Ford. This book highlights these developments and goes on to show the dramatic improvements of the 1950s and 1960s., Steam, and then cumbersome motor, tractors existed in small numbers before 1914. The rivals of Ford brought in novelties such as diesel engines, pneumatic tyres, and hydraulic implement lifts. After the Second World-War, an indigenous tractor industry was led by Ferguson, David Brown, Nuffield and Ford. This book highlights these developments., Of all motor vehicles the farm tractor has proved to be among the most beneficial. It has freed hundreds of thousands of laborers and horses from backbreaking toil on the land in all weathers and it has stabilized the cost of food. Starting with steam power in the middle of the nineteenth century, the agricultural tractor became motorized in the early years of the twentieth century. From vast prairie types, lighter, one-man machines arrived in time to avert famine in the First World War. Mass production followed, which brought the price of tractors within reach of the average farmer. Meanwhile tractors changed from being simple substitutes for draught animals to highly sophisticated machines, with power takeoffs and hydraulically mounted implements. Pneumatic tires and diesel engines revolutionized the 1930s market, after which draught control and then inexpensive four-wheel-drive made sure that fuel and time went into crop production rather than wheelspin. This marked the end of the widespread use of tracked crawlers, as powerful and efficient wheeled tractors took their place, incorporating the latest multi-range transmission technology. All the key developments and significant tractor makers are described in this book, from the beginning of the tractor's development to the 1970s. Illustrated by period views of machines at work and in contemporary sales literature, this is a nostalgic history of the machine that has been at the center of agricultural life since before World War II.
LC Classification NumberTL233
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