Talk:List of English inventions and discoveries/Temp
| Category | Invention / discovery | Inventor / discoverer | Date | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agriculture | Improved seed drill | Jethro Tull | 1701 | [1][2][3] |
| Agriculture | Steam-driven ploughing engine | John Fowler (agricultural engineer) | 1852 | [4] |
| Agriculture | Superphosphate or chemical fertilizer | John Bennet Lawes | 1842 | [5] |
| Agriculture | The first commercially successful light farm tractor | Dan Aldborne | 1901 | [6] |
| Agriculture | Water desalination process | Francis Bacon | 1627 | [7] |
| Agriculture | Pioneering of selective breeding and artificial selection | Robert Bakewell | 1725 - 1795 | [8] |
| Agriculture | Pioneering of the development in dairy farming systems | Rex Paterson | 1955 | [9] |
References
[edit]- ^ "Tiscali encyclopaedia: Seed drill".
- ^ "Jethro Tull (1674 - 1741)". BBC. Retrieved 2011-11-09.
- ^ Floud, Roderick (2004). The Cambridge economic history of modern Britain. Cambridge University Press. p. 128. ISBN 978-0521527361.
- ^ "steamploughclub:Steam-driven ploughing engine-John Fowler".
- ^ "superphosphate-John Bennet Lawes".
- ^ "Science Museum London".
- ^ "History of water treatment". lenntech.com. Retrieved 22 January 2011.
- ^ "Robert Bakewell (1725 - 1795). bbc.co.uk/history. [[BBC]]".
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