10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GANG PLOUGH»
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gang plough in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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1
United States Congressional serial set
55,093. — William Hammond, Marshall, Mich. — Wheel Cultivator and Gang
Plough. — May 29, 1866. — The cultivator frame is raised by the rotation of the
levers which are pivoted to the frame and -have the wheel axles on their ends.
Claim.
... 2.1 acres in a day's work. (This corresponds to a labour requirement of 1/2.1 =
0.476 days per acre of grain.) A big advance in ploughing technology in the
1890s was the development of the sulky gang plough. Early sulky ploughs
consisted ...
Gregory P. Marchildon,
2011
3
Heavy Burdens on Small Shoulders: The Labour of Pioneer ...
He pointed out that he started the job using three horses on a walking plough but
switched over to a quicker method using four horses on a gang plough to speed
up his progress.3 Other children younger than Frederick also expended their ...
Sandra Rollings-Magnusson,
2009
The fields are ploughed with what are called gang-ploughs, which are simply four
, six, or eight ploughshares fastened to a stout frame of wood. Onthe lighter soil
eight horses draw a seven-gang plough, and one such team is counted on to put
...
5
An etmological dictionary of the scottish language
PLEVAR, s. A plover. Houlate. PLEUCH, PLEUGH, s. 1. A plough, S. Douglas.
A. S. Su. G. plog, Alem. pluog. 2. That constellation called Ursa Major; supposed
to resemble a plough, S. Douglas. Pleuch-gang, Plough-gang, s. As much land
as ...
6
The Balance, and Columbian Repository
The gang plough is made on the fame construction as the companion-plough.
The inventor believes the advantages the public "will receive from this
improvement will engage their patronage to the works. Avoid the eye that
discovers with ...
Ezra Sampson, George Chittenden, Harry Croswell,
1804
7
Science and Civilisation in China: Volume 6, Biology and ...
... turn-plough, 187; wheel-less swing, 193 (c) ; sladeless, 193; Dutch/ Rotherham
, 193, 571 (d), 578-81; Bastard Dutch, 578; all-iron, 578; drilling plough, 585;
multi-shared gang plough, 585 lei ssu, 142, 144-9, [66 nenohikarasuki (
Japanese), ...
Joseph Needham, Francesca Bray,
1984
8
Science and Civilisation in China: Volume 5, Chemistry and ...
... turn-plough, 187; wheel-less swing, 193 (c); sladeless, 193; Dutch/ Rotherham,
193, 571 (d), 578-81; Bastard Dutch, 578; all-iron, 578; drilling plough, 585; multi-
shared gang plough, 585 lei ssu, 142, 144-9, 166 nenohikarasuki (Japanese), ...
9
The Limits of Rural Capitalism: Family, Culture, and Markets ...
One Montcalm farmer found himself in county court because he refused to pay for
a new plough he judged unworkable. As Onesime Bellemare explained in county
court in 1891, the merits of the Watson gang plough were dubious: I bought a ...
Kenneth Michael Sylvester,
2001
10
Farm Machinery and Power
Gang mower: An assembly of two or more ground driven cylinder mowers. Gang
plough: A riding plough with two or more bottoms. Gang saw: A steel frame in
which thin, parallel saws are arranged to operate simultaneously in cutting logs.
Vijay Vitthal Aware,
2007