In fact, a large part of inventors’ efforts throughout history have been devoted not to the creation of something new but to the improvement and development of existing devices—traditionally the domain of the engineer. Furthermore, invention and scientific discovery are frequently so closely ...
As we try again,we might spare a though for John Deere; he died on this date in 1886. A blacksmith and inventor in Grand Detour, Ill., he frequently repaired the wood and cast-iron plows of eastern U.S. design, which were troubled by the heavy, sticky local soils. By 1838 he had...
automobile plowHenry Ford's iron-wheeled “Fordson” was unveiled in 1907 and powered by an internal-combustion engine. Internal-combustion engines are the most broadly applied and widely used power-generating devices currently in existence. Examples includegasoline engines,diesel engines,gas-turbine en...
John Deere was an American inventor and manufacturer of agricultural equipment. In 1837, Deere started an eponymous company that went on to become an international powerhouse.